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Data protection should offer confidence to researchers and research participants, says Ian Hulme, as the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) publishes guidance on research provisions.
When we launched the consultation on our research provisions guidance in February, I wrote that the ICO understands the value and importance of research. That still rings true – which is why I’m pleased to announce that our new research provisions guidance has been published.The consultation was a really valuable exercise for us, and we’d like to thank those organisations and individuals who responded. The feedback was extremely helpful and ensured that the new guidance is practical and speaks to issues that researchers, statisticians and archivists face in their day-to-day lives when it comes to data protection. We hope that the guidance provides you with clarity in a sometimes challenging area of data protection, and allows you to feel confident when conducting your research, collecting your statistics or working with archived information that you’ll remain compliant with data protection law.For the first time, the guidance brings the research provisions together in one place, making it easy for you to refer to them. We explain how each of the provisions works and how they fit together, giving our interpretation of the key terms to assist you.We’ve also clarified how the law works in the statistics and archive sectors – for example, if you are relying on the research provisions to process personal data to produce statistics, or to maintain and provide access to archived information that includes personal data.Share
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