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Assess personal data, confidentiality, consent, sensitive materials and ethical considerations early in the project.

Overview

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What you need to know

  • Key concepts
  • Relevant requirements
  • Important distinctions

What you need to do

  1. Identify what applies to your project.
    2. Document the relevant decisions.
    3. Use appropriate institutional services and support where needed.

Key questions

  • What needs to be decided?
  • Who is responsible?
  • What needs to be documented?
  • Are there legal, ethical or technical constraints?
  • What needs to happen before the next project phase?

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Information

Primary specialist service(s): Data Protection Officer for personal-data questions; project/host unit and the applicable ethics or funder route for ethical review.

Role of Support Kunst und Forschung (SKF): Coordinates project and funder requirements and helps route specialist review; it is not the data-protection authority.

If you are unsure which route applies, start with the service named above. For funded or project-based research where several units are involved, SKF can coordinate the project route.

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