Respondents in market research studies partake voluntarily and must be fully cognizant with:

• What they will be required to do
• What will be done with their input
• Their right to anonymity
• The fact that a pharmaceutical company is sponsoring the study*

*If the end client company is a data controller i.e. determining the purposes and means of processing personal data (either alone or jointly with another data controller) their identity must be shared. 

The sponsor company must also be named if they are to provide or receive any personal data – e.g. 

• If they provide lists of names from which to draw a sample (even if the names are supplied via a third party list provider on behalf of the client) , or
• If they are to view video recordings of fieldwork (before they watch the recording.)

The requirement to forward Adverse Events, Product Complaints and Special Reporting Situations must be made clear on the screener and the guide.

Where re-contact may be needed the respondent must agree in advance.