Discover all the Privacy & Security essentials

This illustration incorporates various aspects related to the themes of “working safely” and “privacy and security in research.” Can you spot them all?

Essential Aspects of Privacy & Security in Research

1. Write a research data management plan to manage data in your reseach project
2. Use UG tools for collecting, storing, publishing, archiving and sharing research data
3. Make formal agreements when collaborating or sharing research data with external parties
4. Protect your participants and their personal data by complying eith the requirements of the GDPR
5. Ask consent and be transparent with your particpants
6. Plan for the reuse of your research data
7. Do not collect more data than strictly necessary. Destroy unneccessary data as soon as possible
8. Take measures to protect your participants and their data, such as pseudonymization and anonymization techniques
9. Strictly manage and monitor access to your research data
10. Archive your research data in the RDMS or the Y-Drive
11. Provide research data as open as possible, but as closed as necessary to your publishers
12. Be critical when using AI during your research

Tips & Tricks - Privacy & Security - General

1. Lock your PC and mobile phone if you leave them unattended
2. Create strong passwords
3. Always work with a secure connection
4. Be altert to phishing emails and suspicious texts and app messages
5. Save and share data securely
6. Take care of your own devices (updates, locking, and security features)
7. Use the least amount of data that you need
8. Do not use Whatsapp for professional data
9. Regularly clean up your data
10. Immediately report any incidents

The illustration is developed by the DCC and the UG Campaign We love Privacy & Security. The illustrator is Anne Merat.