1. Purpose and intended use of Data Sharing. To advance the understanding of how Doberman genomics and environment relate to health and longevity, the Doberman Diversity Project, Inc. (“DDP”) collects and shares data and information with research teams across the world. By signing this DDP Participant Data Use and Sharing Agreement (“Agreement”), Participant (“you”) give permission to the Doberman Diversity Project, Inc. (DDP) to use and share your dogs’ records for the purpose of advancing the understanding of Doberman health, longevity, genetics, diversity, and breed sustainability. By signing this Agreement, you also grant to Embark Veterinary, Inc. (“Embark”) unrestricted permission to directly transfer to the DDP your dogs’ complete records including, but not limited to, genomic and descriptive data.
    2. Period of Agreement. This Agreement becomes effective on the date you sign this Agreement and continues to remain in effect until you revoke this Agreement by contacting the DDP as specified in Paragraph 10 of this Agreement.
    3. Description of Data. For the purposes of this Agreement, “data” includes records of all types, which relate to DDP Participant dogs including, but not limited to, genomic, health, test results, demographic and descriptive data, raw and processed genetic and clinical data, and future updates to the same.
    4. Dogs Included in Agreement. This Agreement includes all of Your Dogs that have been DNA tested by Embark Veterinary and/or enrolled with the DDDP. “Your Dogs” includes Embark-tested dogs you own, co-own, have leased, or otherwise have the legal right to test and consent to this Agreement.
    5. Certification of Ownership and Legal Authority. By signing this Agreement, you certify and warrant that you are the legal owner (or co-owner) of, and have the legal authority to consent to data sharing for, all of your dogs.   
    6. Direct Transfer of Embark data to the DDP. By signing this Agreement, you agree to and expressly permit Embark to directly transfer to the DDP, all of your dogs’ data, without restriction.
    7. DDP sharing of Your Dogs’ Data. By signing this Agreement, you agree to and expressly permit the DDP to share your dogs’ data with other researchers, research teams, universities, laboratories, and scientists, without restriction, for the purpose of advancing the understanding of Doberman health, longevity, genetics, diversity, and breed sustainability.
    8. Agreement not to Sue. You agree and promise that you will not institute any action or suit, at law or in equity, against either the DDP or Embark including their employees, volunteers, officers, owners, agents, promoters, operators, representatives, contractors, and/or participants, nor institute, prosecute or in any way aid in the institution or prosecution of any claim, demand, action, or cause of action for damages, costs, loss of services, expenses, or compensation for or on account of any damage, loss or injury either to person or property, or both, whether developed or undeveloped, resulting or to result, known or unknown, past, present or future, arising out of or related to this Agreement, research results, and/or the use, storage, transfer, analysis or security of data described in Paragraph 3.
    9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed pursuant to the laws of the State of Texas. By signing this Agreement, you consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the courts in and for the State of Texas in the event of litigation pertaining hereto, with venue to lie in Fannin County. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire data sharing agreement between you and the DDP, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
    10. Termination of this agreement. You can terminate this Agreement by email. The DDP agrees to process your termination request within ninety (90) business days. To terminate this Agreement, send your termination request by emailing: the DDP at Robin.Loreth@DobermanDiversityProject.org, and Embark at breeders@EmbarkVet.com.
    11. Sharing Summaries. You can, at any time, request a DDP Sharing Summary which details the date of sharing, a summary of data shared, the name of the organization receiving your data, and a point of contact for that organization. DDP agrees to provide to you a summary of DDP sharing within ninety (90) days from the date of your email. One summary per calendar year is provided at no cost. Additional summaries are available at a cost of $20 each, payable to the DDP. To request a Sharing Summary, email Robin.Loreth@DobermanDiversityProject.org and ask for a Sharing Summary. Your email must include your name, your email, a list of all of your dogs’ names and their respective DDPD identification numbers.
    I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, FULLY UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS, UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE GIVEN UP SUBSTANTIAL RIGHTS BY SIGNING IT, AND HAVE SIGNED IT VOLUNTARILY WITHOUT ANY INDUCEMENT, ASSURANCE OR GUARANTEE BEING MADE TO ME AND INTEND MY SIGNATURE TO BE A COMPLETE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ALL LIABILITY TO THE GREATEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW.
    Please provide any and all emails you may have used to communicate with the DDP and/or Embark Veterinary. 

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