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GDPR: how can I ensure that the processing of personal data is lawful?
The processing of personal data is only lawful if one of the conditions or legal grounds of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is met.
It is very important to indicate the applicable legal basis for the processing at the start of your research in the GDPR register.
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GDPR: how to be transparent to data subjects in my research?
Informing the persons whose personal data are processed (the data subjects) is one of the basic principles and obligations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
As a researcher, it's your responsibility to provide information about your research to the data subjects in your research.
Elements of transparancy … Read morelevel: detail
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GDPR: how long may I store research data containing personal data?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) stipulates that personal data can't kept longer than necessary to achieve the purposes for which they're processed (see the ‘storage limitation’ principle).
Managing and administering your research data, including when it involves personal data, falls under Research Data Management (RDM). RDM includes …
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GDPR: What should I do in the event of further/secondary processing of personal data?
Primary vs. secondary processing
In the case of further or secondary use of personal data in a research project, the personal data will not be directly collected from the data subjects by you.
If you do collect the personal data directly from the data subjects as part of your research …
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GDPR: What information should I include in an informed consent form when the processing of personal data is based on the consent of the data subjects?
To be lawful, the processing of personal data must be based on one of the legal grounds provided in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
If the processing of personal data within your research project is based on the consent of the data subject as the legal basis, …
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GDPR: who are considered to be vulnerable persons?
Sometimes mention is made of vulnerable natural persons in the context of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Examples- minors
- pregnant women
- the elderly
- people with mental disorders
- asylum seekers
- people with disabilities
- ethnic minorities
- the sick and patients
These are often persons who are legally incompetent, persons …
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GDPR: What rights do data subjects have, how do I respect them and what exceptions may apply to research?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) defines the persons whose personal data are processed as data subjects.
As a researcher, you have to take into account that the data subjects can in accordance with the GDPR exercise different rights with regard to their personal data.
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GDPR: how do I register personal data processing activities?
Why register processing activities?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires that all activities concerning personal data processing at UGent and UZ Gent are documented and registered in a 'register of processing activities', the GDPR Register.
This internal documentation obligation is an essential tool to help researchers comply …
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