User Studies Ethics Policy

If a paper makes use of data from human subjects, the collection and use of such data should have been conducted carefully and should adhere to ethical standards for responsible research practice, as well as data protection regulations.

In many countries and institutions, the collection and use of personally identifiable data or data from human subjects is subject to approval from an Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board (IRB, or equivalent).

• If the use of such data was approved by an IRB, stating this is sufficient.
• If the use of such data has not (yet) been approved by an IRB, authors should provide information on any pending approval process, how the data were obtained, as well as discuss if and how consent was obtained (or why it, perhaps, could not be obtained). This discussion can be included either in the main paper or in the appendix.

If the authors use an existing, published dataset, we encourage (but do not require) them to check how data was collected and whether consent was obtained.

These guidelines were inspired by the ICCV 2025 Authors Guidelines and the Eurographics CFP.