; (F) a mechanism to allow individuals to control the use of their personal data under the program, including the ability to opt out of the program; (G) standards for transparency regarding the operation and administration of the program; and (H) rules to prevent requests for data sets that present financial conflicts of interest, including efforts by covered platforms to gain a competitive advantage by directly funding data access requests, the use of qualified researcher status for commercial gain, or efforts by covered platforms to obtain access to intellectual property that is otherwise protected by law. (4) Duties and rights of covered platforms (A) Access to data sets (i) In general If the Assistant Secretary approves an application under paragraph (1) with respect to a covered platform, the covered platform shall, in a timely manner, provide the qualified researcher with access to data sets necessary to conduct independent research described in that paragraph. (ii) Limitations Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a covered platform to provide access to data sets that are intellectual property protected by Federal law, trade secrets, or commercial or financial information. (iii) Form of access A covered platform shall provide to a qualified researcher access to data sets under clause (i) through online databases, application programming interfaces, and data files as appropriate. (B) Nondisclosure agreement A covered platform may require, as a condition of access to the data sets of the covered platform, that a qualified researcher enter into a nondisclosure agreement restricting the release of data sets, provided that— (i) the agreement does not restrict the publication or discussion regarding the qualified researcher’s findings