From 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies. This means that from this date the same privacy legislation applies in the entire European Union. The Dutch Data Protection Act (Wbp) will no longer apply from this date.
The GDPR will, among other things:
The GDPR also has significant consequences for the work of researchers. This abridged online module tells you about the changes in about 20 minutes.
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Purpose |
The purpose of this module is threefold:
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Target audience |
This module has been developed for researchers who are associated with a university or a university of applied sciences.
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Summary |
In this abridged module, you will learn what you can do as a researcher to increase the privacy of data subjects involved in a study and how to do that. More detailed information about the topics covered here can be found in the standard online module 'Privacy in Research'.
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Duration |
The entire module takes about 20 minutes to complete.