There are two types of accounts in each study. This document describes the role and permissions for each.

Participants

Participants can:

• Use Ethica app to participate in a study.
• Login to the website to:
  • See the list of the studies they are participating.
  • Delete part or all of the data they have collected, if they don't feel comfortable with providing that data.
  • Perform actions related to the study which has to be done via the website (can vary for different studies).

They cannot:

• Start a new study.
• Join a given study as a member of the research team.
• Access data collected by other participants in any study.

Researchers

Researchers can:

• Start a new study.
• Invite other researchers to join their study.
• Be invited to join other studies.
• Access de-identifies data from participants in their studies.
• Monitor and manage study participation.

They cannot:

• Participate in any study as a participant.
• Login into Ethica app for Android or iOS (these apps are intended for participants).

Any account created in the app is by default a Participant account, though users can choose they want to create a Participant or Researcher account when creating their account on the web-site. A given account is valid on both the web-site and the app, regardless of how it's been created.