TERMS AND CONDITIONS

"What Will Fix the World?" Research Study

Effective Date: 1 June 2026

THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (the "Terms") constitute a binding legal agreement between you ("Participant," "you," or "your") and Propello Studio ("Propello Studio," "we," "us," "our," or the "Operator"), governing your participation in the research study titled "What Will Fix the World?" (the "Study"). BY SUBMITTING ANY RESPONSE THROUGH THE STUDY'S SURVEY (THE "SURVEY"), YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS IN THEIR ENTIRETY. IF YOU DO NOT SO AGREE, YOU MUST REFRAIN FROM SUBMITTING ANY RESPONSE.

1. DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of these Terms, the following capitalized expressions shall bear the meanings set forth below:

1.1 "Submission" means any information, content, free-text response, email address, or other data transmitted by you through the Survey.

1.2 "Study Outputs" means any data, analysis, visualization, report, publication, model, derived dataset, summary, ranking, or other work product produced by the Operator in connection with the Study, whether in whole or in part, and whether existing in tangible, digital, or any other form.

1.3 "Automated Processing" means any algorithmic, statistical, machine-learning, embedding, clustering, classification, large-language-model, or simulation-based processing applied to Submissions or to data derived therefrom.

1.4 "Third-Party Processor" means any third-party service provider engaged by the Operator to host, transmit, or process any data in connection with the Study, including without limitation providers of survey hosting, cloud computing, artificial intelligence services, and email delivery.

1.5 "Operator Parties" means, collectively, the Operator, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, and licensors.

2. ELIGIBILITY AND CAPACITY

2.1 You represent and warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence, whichever is greater, and that you possess the full legal capacity to enter into and be bound by these Terms.

2.2 You further represent that your participation in the Study does not violate any law, regulation, or contractual obligation to which you are subject.

3. NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

3.1 The Study is a sociological research initiative undertaken for academic, educational, and exploratory purposes. It does not constitute a commercial offering, a clinical trial, a regulated research activity, or the rendering of any professional service.

3.2 You acknowledge and agree that the Study employs Automated Processing, including without limitation multilingual sentence embeddings, unsupervised clustering, large-language-model-assisted labeling, and agent-based simulation. Such methods are inherently subject to error, approximation, bias, mislabeling, and other limitations, and you accept such limitations as a condition of your participation.

4. SUBMISSIONS AND PARTICIPANT CONDUCT

4.1 You warrant that each Submission is your own original work and does not infringe, misappropriate, or violate the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights of any third party.

4.2 You shall not include within any Submission: (a) personally identifying information regarding yourself or any third party; (b) confidential, proprietary, or trade-secret information; (c) content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, harassing, hateful, threatening, or otherwise objectionable; or (d) malware, executable code, or any content intended to disrupt the Survey or any related systems.

4.3 The Operator reserves the absolute right, exercisable in its sole and unfettered discretion, to refuse, reject, redact, or exclude any Submission from any Study Output, without notice and without liability of any kind to you.

4.4 The inclusion of any Submission within any Study Output shall not be construed as an endorsement, adoption, or ratification by the Operator of the views, claims, or content expressed therein.

5. CONTENT MODERATION; DISCRETION TO REDACT WHILE RETAINING

5.1 DISCRETION TO REDACT OR WITHHOLD DISPLAY. The Operator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect not to display, surface, render, or reproduce in any public-facing Study Output any word, phrase, sentence, paragraph, image, or other portion of a Submission that the Operator deems, in its sole judgment, to be offensive, harmful, defamatory, distasteful, inflammatory, or otherwise unsuitable for public presentation. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY SUCH NON-DISPLAY, the Operator shall remain fully entitled to retain such word, phrase, sentence, paragraph, or portion in its raw, unredacted form within the Study's underlying data and to include the same, in whole or in part, within any Automated Processing, statistical analysis, model training, clustering, simulation, or other internal analytical activity. For the avoidance of doubt, no obligation of expurgation, redaction, or content moderation, whether procedural or substantive, shall be deemed to arise on the part of the Operator.

5.2 The Operator's exercise of, or failure to exercise, any right described in Section 5.1 shall not be construed as: (a) a waiver of any other right reserved hereunder; (b) an admission that any particular content is or is not offensive; or (c) an undertaking to redact, moderate, or display any other content, whether similar or otherwise.

6. LICENSE GRANT

6.1 By transmitting any Submission, you hereby grant to the Operator a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, non-exclusive, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, store, host, transmit, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works from, perform, display, distribute, aggregate, anonymize, analyze, publish, and otherwise exploit such Submission, in whole or in part, in any medium or format now known or hereafter devised, for any purpose related to the Study or to the Operator's research, educational, or expository activities. You retain such residual ownership rights in your Submissions as are not granted hereunder.

6.2 Your email address, where voluntarily provided, shall not be subject to the license set forth in Section 6.1 except to the limited extent necessary for the Operator to communicate with you regarding the Study.

7. NO OBLIGATION TO PUBLISH; ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OVER DISCLOSURE

7.1 NO OBLIGATION TO PUBLISH OR DISCLOSE. YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE OPERATOR IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION WHATSOEVER, WHETHER CONTRACTUAL, FIDUCIARY, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, TO PUBLISH, DISCLOSE, RELEASE, OR OTHERWISE MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU, TO ANY PARTICIPANT, OR TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, ANY SUBMISSION, ANY STUDY OUTPUT, ANY PORTION OR DERIVATIVE THEREOF, OR ANY AGGREGATE, SUMMARY, MODEL, OR ANALYSIS ARISING THEREFROM. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Operator shall have absolute and unfettered discretion as to:

(a) whether to publish any matter at all;

(b) the scope, content, format, and form of any publication;

(c) the medium, channel, or venue of publication;

(d) the timing of publication, including the right to publish, delay publication indefinitely, or refrain from publication, in whole or in part, in perpetuity;

(e) the right to withdraw, retract, suppress, or remove any previously published material at any time and without notice.

7.2 No statement, representation, marketing material, infographic, page on propellostudio.com, email correspondence, or other communication by the Operator shall be construed as a binding commitment to publish any Study Output by any particular date, in any particular form, or at all.

7.3 NO RIGHT TO UNDERLYING RECORDS OR DATASETS. Except to the limited extent expressly required by applicable law in respect of your own Personal Data, you shall have no right to request, inspect, receive, copy, audit, challenge, or demand access to any raw Submission record, datasheet, spreadsheet, database, dataset, metadata, prompt, model input or output, source code, processing log, scoring rubric, internal note, analysis file, or other underlying record or working material created, maintained, or used by the Operator in connection with the Study.

8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

8.1 "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." THE SURVEY, THE STUDY, ANY STUDY OUTPUTS, AND ALL RELATED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE OPERATOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, AND QUIET ENJOYMENT.

8.2 NO WARRANTY OF ACCURACY OR CORRECTNESS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF SECTION 8.1, THE OPERATOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT ANY DATA, ANY STUDY OUTPUT, ANY CLUSTER LABEL, ANY SIMULATION RESULT, ANY RANKING, ANY INTERPRETATION, OR ANY FINDING IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, FREE FROM BIAS OR ERROR, OR SUITABLE FOR ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER. ALL STUDY OUTPUTS ARE EXPLORATORY, SPECULATIVE, ILLUSTRATIVE, AND PROVIDED FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CURIOSITY-DRIVEN PURPOSES ONLY.

8.3 NO PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. No Study Output constitutes, and nothing therein shall be construed as constituting, legal, medical, financial, investment, policy, scientific, engineering, or other professional advice. You shall not rely upon any Study Output as a basis for any decision having legal, financial, health-related, regulatory, or otherwise material consequence.

8.4 NO PREDICTIVE OR FORECASTING WARRANTY. Any agent-based simulation, scenario projection, or forward-looking output produced in connection with the Study is hypothetical and illustrative in nature. The Operator makes no representation that any such output reflects, will reflect, or could reflect any real-world outcome.

8.5 NO ABSOLUTE SECURITY WARRANTY. You acknowledge that the Survey, Submissions, and related records are transmitted, hosted, processed, and stored electronically, including through Third-Party Processors. No method of electronic transmission, electronic processing, or electronic storage is entirely secure. The Operator implements reasonable measures designed to protect data, but does not guarantee absolute security, uninterrupted availability, or freedom from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or destruction.

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

9.1 NO LIABILITY FOR RELIANCE OR LOSS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NONE OF THE OPERATOR PARTIES SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS, EXPENSE, CLAIM, OR LIABILITY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH:

(a) your participation in the Study;

(b) any reliance placed by any person upon any Study Output, including without limitation any financial, commercial, personal, reputational, emotional, or other loss, damage, or cost incurred as a result of such reliance;

(c) any inaccuracy, error, omission, bias, or misclassification in any Study Output;

(d) any unauthorized access to, alteration of, or unavailability of your Submissions;

(e) any act or omission of any Third-Party Processor;

(f) any suspension, modification, or termination of the Study.

9.2 AGGREGATE LIABILITY CAP. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE OPERATOR PARTIES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR THE STUDY SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED INDIAN RUPEES (INR 100), OR THE EQUIVALENT NOMINAL SUM IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

9.3 The disclaimers and limitations set forth in Sections 8 and 9 shall apply notwithstanding the failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy and shall survive any termination of these Terms.

9.4 Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties or liabilities. To the extent any such exclusion or limitation is held unenforceable, the same shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

10. INDEMNIFICATION

10.1 You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Operator Parties from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, proceedings, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements) arising out of or in connection with: (a) any Submission made by you; (b) any breach by you of these Terms or of any representation or warranty made hereunder; or (c) any violation by you of any applicable law or of any right of any third party.

11. AUTOMATED PROCESSING AND THIRD-PARTY PROCESSORS

11.1 You acknowledge that Submissions shall be subjected to Automated Processing, including by Third-Party Processors operating pursuant to their own terms of service and privacy notices. The Operator does not warrant, endorse, or assume any responsibility for the acts, omissions, processing practices, or outputs of any Third-Party Processor.

11.2 The Operator reserves the right, in its sole discretion and at any time, to modify, replace, retire, or augment the methodology, models, processing pipelines, scoring criteria, evaluative frameworks, or Third-Party Processors employed in the Study, without notice to you and without liability.

12. WITHDRAWAL; SUSPENSION; TERMINATION

12.1 You may withdraw from the Study and request deletion of your email address and free-text Submissions by written request addressed to contact@propellostudio.com. Any such withdrawal or deletion request must be sent from the same email address that was used, provided, or associated with your Submission, unless the Operator, in its sole discretion, accepts alternative evidence sufficient to verify your identity and connection to the relevant Submission. The Operator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect such deletion within a reasonable time; provided, however, that data already incorporated into anonymized or aggregated Study Outputs need not be retrieved, withdrawn, or amended.

12.2 The Operator may, at its sole discretion, suspend, modify, or terminate the Study, in whole or in part, at any time and without notice or liability to you.

13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION; ARBITRATION

13.1 Good-Faith Resolution. Before commencing any formal proceeding, you and the Operator shall first attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Study, any Submission, or any Study Output (a "Dispute") by written notice to contact@propellostudio.com and a reasonable opportunity to respond.

13.2 Binding Arbitration. Any Dispute that is not resolved informally within thirty (30) days after written notice shall be referred to and finally resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, as amended. The arbitration shall be conducted by a sole arbitrator mutually appointed by the parties. If the parties are unable to agree on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days, the arbitrator shall be appointed in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

13.3 Seat, Venue, and Language. The seat and venue of arbitration shall be Gurgaon, Haryana, India. The language of arbitration shall be English. The arbitral award shall be final and binding on the parties and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

13.4 Court Relief. Nothing in this Section shall prevent either party from seeking interim, conservatory, injunctive, or equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction where such relief is necessary to protect rights or prevent irreparable harm.

13.5 Individual Basis. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that any dispute resolution proceedings, including arbitration, shall be conducted on an individual basis and not as part of any class, collective, representative, or consolidated proceeding.

14. GENERAL PROVISIONS

14.1 Governing Law and Jurisdiction. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Subject to Section 13, you and the Operator submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Gurgaon, Haryana, India.

14.2 Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be severed and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

14.3 No Waiver. No failure or delay by the Operator in exercising any right, power, or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise preclude any further or other exercise.

14.4 Entire Agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Operator with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications, whether oral or written.

14.5 Assignment. You may not assign, transfer, or sublicense your rights or obligations hereunder. The Operator may assign, transfer, or sublicense these Terms, in whole or in part, freely and without notice.

14.6 Relationship of the Parties. Nothing herein shall be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture, agency, employment, fiduciary, or similar relationship between you and the Operator.

14.7 Force Majeure. The Operator shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance attributable, in whole or in part, to causes beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation acts of God, governmental action, war, terrorism, civil unrest, pandemic, internet outage, or failure of third-party services.

14.8 Survival. The provisions of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 shall survive any termination or expiration of these Terms.

14.9 Modifications. The Operator may amend these Terms from time to time by posting the amended Terms with an updated Effective Date. Continued participation following such posting constitutes acceptance.

14.10 Headings. Section headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Terms.

14.11 Language. These Terms are drafted in the English language, which shall be the controlling and authoritative version notwithstanding any translation provided for convenience.

14.12 Notices. All notices, requests, or other communications addressed to the Operator hereunder shall be delivered to contact@propellostudio.com.

15. CONTACT

Inquiries regarding these Terms may be directed to: contact@propellostudio.com.