Data Privacy Project

A community project about privacy in research

Between July 2021 and June 2023, I led a university-wide project about privacy in research. Together with many colleagues from different disciplines (data management, privacy, security, open science, ethics, communication), we worked on four deliverables which I am now still maintaining.

• The Data Privacy Handbook [DOI], an open source wiki about privacy in research for Utrecht University researchers and beyond.
• A survey and one-on-one interviews [DOI] to ask researchers about their struggles and needs with respect to privacy in research.
• An overview of tools [DOI] that can help when working with personal data
• An online module Privacy Basics for Researchers [DOI] which is now part of the RDM Support curriculum.

Besides these deliverables, the project had a positive effect on the data support community at Utrecht University. It allowed us to form new collaborations or strengthen existing ones.

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Please have a look at the dedicated project website for more information about the project, the people involved, and blogs we wrote.