研究者授權範本

1. Target users and purpose

This agreement applies to external researchers and their affiliated institutions that collaborate with the Uedu platform and need access to platform data for academic research. The party signing this agreement is referred to in this agreement as the “Researcher”; the owner of the Uedu platform is referred to in this agreement as the “Platform Owner”.

The purpose of this agreement is: (i) to establish clear terms for research collaboration under the requirements of IRB ethics standards and data protection law; (ii) to commit to the academic community that the platform’s data will be reasonably accessible; and (iii) to commit to users and their institutions to transparency and accountability in collaborative research.

2. Three-tier access design (Tiered Access)

The platform provides researchers with three tiers of data access, using different review thresholds according to data sensitivity and re-identification risk:

2.1 Core restrictions

• Do not open the raw log of another person's course: the content of another person's course is jointly owned by the Uedu platform and that course's instructor; researchers must not access raw logs across courses
• Tier 3 limits PI to viewing only “their own Students” data, not “the whole Uedu platform” data
• Tier upgrades require a formal written application, and the relevant conditions must be reviewed and approved again

3. Access methods

4. Confidentiality obligation

The confidentiality obligations under this agreement shall survive for 5 years after termination or expiry of the agreement. However, the foregoing period shall not apply to the following three categories, for which confidentiality obligations are not time-limited:

• (i) personal data
• (ii) the source code, system architecture, and database schema of the Uedu platform
• (iii) trade secrets as defined in the Trade Secrets Act of the Republic of China

5. Re-identification Prohibition

Researchers must not, by any means, attempt to re-identify any individual data subject from the pseudonymised or anonymised data provided under this agreement. This prohibited conduct includes, but is not limited to:

• (a) Link data with external datasets to infer identity
• (b) Use statistical inference, AI / machine learning techniques, or pattern matching to infer identity
• (c) Link any individual based on patterns observed in the dataset
• (d) Share data with a third party not bound by equivalent obligations

A breach of this clause constitutes a material breach of this agreement and will immediately trigger termination of this agreement, mandatory notification to the relevant data protection authority and the IRB, and claims for damages may be made.

6. Pre-Publication Review — limited scope

6.1 Rationale for the terms design

The core design of this clause is to distinguish between 'platform IP protection' and 'academic freedom': the platform owner retains limited review rights over its intellectual property, but has no right to interfere with the research conclusions, statistical results, academic views, or academic evaluation of the Uedu platform, including criticism.

• Notice period: provide the full manuscript 30 days before submission
• Scope of review limited: only (i) platform IP, technical architecture, source code, prompt templates; (ii) commercially sensitive information; (iii) data disclosure that exceeds the scope of the IRB
• Explicitly not reviewed: Research conclusions, statistical results, academic viewpoints, academic evaluations of the Uedu platform (including criticism), and choices of attribution and citation
• Reply deadline: reply within 14 days; if overdue, it will be treated as no objection
• Dispute resolution: If both parties disagree on the scope of review, the matter shall be determined by an independent academic ethics adviser jointly designated by both parties, and the decision shall be binding

7. Governing law and dispute resolution

7.1 Dual-version description

• Default version: this agreement is governed by the laws of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the conflict of laws rules do not apply. Any dispute arising from or related to this agreement shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Taipei District Court in Taiwan as the court of first instance.
• International arbitration option (where both parties are non-Taiwan legal entities, applied by written agreement at the time of signing): disputes shall be arbitrated by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) under the then-current SIAC Rules, with the seat of arbitration in Singapore, the language English, and one arbitrator.

For domestic partners, the default version is sufficient; for cooperation with international institutions in the European Union, Switzerland, Singapore and elsewhere, the SIAC arbitration version may be chosen at signing to align with the other party's common legal preference for neutrality.

8. Termination conditions

8.1 Obligations after termination

• Stop data access and processing immediately
• Destroy all dataset copies within 30 days (including local, cloud and backups)
• Provides written proof of destruction
• Published papers are not affected; unpublished manuscripts are handled under the pre-publication review terms of this agreement
• The confidentiality obligation, the non-re-identification clause and the IP clause remain in force after termination (survive termination)

9. Change management

• This agreement template is managed under the versioning regime in §6 of the Data Governance Framework
• For individual RAAs already signed, template changes are not retroactive; newly signed cases will use the new version
• Any changes to an individual RAA require written agreement by both parties

10. Application process

1. Write to [email protected], and put [RAA APPLICATION] in the subject line
2. Explain the proposed Tier level, research project summary, affiliated institution, and intended period of use
3. Tier 2 / Tier 3 require an IRB approval letter (from your own IRB or your institution's IRB)
4. The platform will respond within 30 days of receiving complete information
5. After approval, sign the formal RAA text (including the clauses listed in this template)
6. Enable access permissions for the corresponding Tier level

11. Obtaining the full text of the template

This page sets out the main contractual structure of this agreement and the core English clauses verbatim. The full RAA template (including the IP clauses, assignment restrictions, force majeure definitions, notice methods, signature clauses and other surrounding clauses not listed in this agreement) is provided through the following procedure:

Complete Researcher Access Agreement template available upon written request to [email protected]. The complete template is intended for legal review by partner institutions prior to engaging in research collaboration discussions; circulating the complete text does not itself constitute a formal application.

12. Contact point

This agreement, together with the IRB ethics review approval summary, Privacy and data retention policy, and Sub-processor list, forms part of the accompanying documents to the cooperation terms; please read them together.