Network Terms of Use

At the Network level, you can apply Terms of Use to three levels of activity:

Any user logging in to the Network
Any user creating studies or uploading files
Any user downloading study files

See these topics for detailed information:

Edit Terms for Account Creation

You can set up Terms of Use for the Network that require users to acknowledge your terms and click Accept the first time they log in to a new session on the Dataverse Network.

To set general Terms of Use for the Network:

Navigate to the Network homepage.
Click Network Options in the top-right corner, scroll to Network Terms of Use options, and then click Edit Terms for Account Creation.
You see the Edit Network Terms of Use for Account Creation page.
Click the Enable Terms of Use check box.
Enter a description of your terms to which visitors must agree when they log in to use the Network.
Note: A light blue background in any form field indicates HTML, JavaScript, and style tags are permitted. The html and body element types are not allowed.
Click Save Changes to keep your changes, or click Cancel to lose your changes.

Edit Terms for Study Creation (Network)

You can set up Terms of Use for the Network that require users to acknowledge your terms and click Accept before they can contribute to the Network.

To set Terms of Use for creating or uploading to any dataverse in the Network:

Navigate to the Network homepage.
Click My Network in the top-right corner, scroll to the Network Terms of Use options, and then click Edit Terms for Study Creation.
You see the Edit Network Terms of Use for Study Creation and Data Deposit page.
Click the Enable Terms of Use check box.
Enter a description of your terms to which visitors must agree before they can create a study or upload a file to an existing study.
Note: A light blue background in any form field indicates HTML, JavaScript, and style tags are permitted. The html and body element types are not allowed.
Click Save Changes to keep your changes, or click Cancel to lose your changes.

Edit Terms for File Download (Network)

You can set up Terms of Use for the Network that require users to acknowledge your terms and click Accept before they can download or subset contents from the Network.

To set Terms of Use for downloading or subsetting contents from any dataverse in the Network:

Navigate to the Network homepage.
Click Network Options in the top-right corner, scroll to the Network Terms of Use options, and then click Edit Terms for File Download.
You see the Edit Network Terms of Use for File Download page.
Click the Enable Terms of Use check box.
Enter a description of your terms to which visitors must agree before they can download or analyze any file.
Note: A light blue background in any form field indicates HTML, JavaScript, and style tags are permitted. The html and body element types are not allowed.
Click Save Changes to keep your changes, or click Cancel to lose your changes.