# Testimonial Consent Record

Document testimonial accuracy, participant identity, approval, relationship, edits, usage scope, channels, duration, compensation, and withdrawal handling.

## Usage note

Use this record alongside the consent and rights process approved by qualified legal and privacy owners; it is not a contract or legal advice. Obtain permission before publishing names, roles, quotations, images, recordings, logos, or identifying context. A participant's approval does not make an outcome typical or a claim substantiated. Protect contact information and signed records in the authorized system.

## How to use this template

1. Identify participant, original statement, direct experience, date, relationship, incentives, and approved contact.
2. Verify wording, facts, attribution, images, and any editing against the source.
3. Define permitted channels, contexts, territories, duration, translation, paid use, and derivative assets.
4. Obtain the approved consent or rights record and qualified review.
5. Track live uses, expiry, corrections, withdrawal handling, and complete removal when required.

## Blank template

### Participant and source

- **Record ID:** [Stable identifier]
- **Participant name and contact:** [Store securely]
- **Preferred public attribution:** [Name, role, organization, anonymity]
- **Role at statement date:** [Verified]
- **Original statement/date:** [Source location; YYYY-MM-DD]
- **Direct experience:** [What the person used or observed]
- **Relationship:** [Customer, employee, partner, volunteer, other]
- **Compensation or incentive:** [Payment, discount, gift, none, other]
- **Facts requiring verification:** [Results, dates, product, numbers]

### Approved use

- **Proposed wording:** [Exact]
- **Edits from original:** [Trimming, grammar, translation, other]
- **Context and nearby claims:** [How it appears]
- **Image/logo/recording:** [Specific assets]
- **Channels:** [Web, ad, social, email, print, event, sales]
- **Territory/language:** [Scope]
- **Start/end date:** [Duration]
- **Paid promotion/third-party use:** [Included/excluded]
- **Correction/withdrawal route:** [Approved process]

### Rights and accuracy checks

- [ ] Participant identity and experience are verified.
- [ ] Original meaning survives edits.
- [ ] Attribution, quotation, context, and assets are shown for approval.
- [ ] Material incentives and relationships are recorded.
- [ ] Results are supported and not implied to be typical without evidence.
- [ ] Channels, duration, territory, and translations are explicit.
- [ ] Secure consent evidence is linked.
- [ ] Expiry and withdrawal cover derivative uses.