Research Data Management

Data ethics is a broad and complex issue. Below are resources for ethical considerations for safeguarding data.

• Check your campus IRB requirements for working with data.
• Consider your campus security requirements for the types of data created and used in your project.
• Check your campus for Information Security protocols, standards, and procedures.
• Consider existing legal data protections such as:
  • FERPA 
  • HIPAA
  • GDPR
  • NIST 800
• Suggestions for de-identifying data:
  • HIPAA and de-identifying https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/special-topics/de-identification/index.html
  • Species data protections https://docs.gbif.org/sensitive-species-best-practices/master/en/
  • NIST https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2015/nist.ir.8053.pdf