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This is a UKDS guide for researchers on UK law and the EU GDPR.

The EU’s GDPR only applies to personal data, which is any piece of information that relates to an identifiable person. It’s crucial for any business with EU consumers to understand this concept for GDPR compliance.

Panel discussion webinar, where data protection experts from across Europe gave their views on what changes the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) brought for research, data archiving and data sharing and how researchers and institutions have implemented the GDPR. One year since the introd...

The ethical and legal issues relating to research process in social sciences involving human participants had raised the concerns of policymakers, lawyers and scientists for many years. This topic especially came to the spotlight as the new GDPR entered into force in 2018. Anne-Mette Somby presen...

Humanities and social sciences researchers encounter a number of data protection issues in their work. An example is scientific events where photos and videos are taken and legal participant consent is required in order to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Surveys and ot...

This presentation focuses on legal and ethical issues in Data Management with a particular focus on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It provides advice on researchers working with personal data on how to comply with GDPR across different phases of the life cycle. Responsible Open S...

In this report we will identify and discuss the problems that may occur when preserving SSH data in the emerging European data preservation e-infrastructure. We consider the proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ongoing modernisation of the EU copyright framework as key as...

A short video about Reusability and the GDPR: Archiving your data with DANS by Emilie Kraaikamp (DANS Advisor for legal affairs). In this video, Emilie discusses the practical aspects of sharing personal research data.