- Report your project to Sikt if you are going to process personal data
- UiO has an agreement with the Privacy Protection Services under Sikt (formerly NSD) for processing personal data. Projects, including master theses, which involce the processing of personal data must therefore be reported to Sikt. You submit your project to Privacy Services under Sikt here. When registering for Sikt, it is expected that you prepare a data handling plan and that you follow the current guidelines at UiO for collection, transport and storage of data. Submit the project no later than 30 days before you being your data collection. You must wait for approval from SIkt before you can being data collection. Note that Sikt is not an approval body, but rather assists with advice and help in assessing privacy protection considerations in research projects. If you are have internal supervisor, they will be responsible for the project. If you have an external supervisor, you should state that Head of Studies Anne Line Wittek as project manager in the application.
- Students with an external supervisor must contact the Head of Studies for a conversation about the master's thesis in general. The conversation must be in the initial phase of the master's thesis.
- In certain cases, Sikt asks that you also list a data protection officer at UiO. You can see who the privacy protection officer is at UiO here.
- If you are going to work with medical and health professional information, your project must also be pre-approved by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK). Due to the time frame, the department recommends that master's students do not choose REK projects.
- If you have questions about the processing of personal data in connection with your master´s thesis, check with your supervisor or the privacy protection contact at IPED.
- Make sure you meet the requirements for processing personal data
- Make sure you store your research data in line with UiO's storage guide
- Assess which information class your research data belongs to: Is it green, yellow or red data? After you have classified your research data, you must store them according to their classification.
- There are many additional challenges involved in collecting red data. You should avoid it as much as possible. If you have red data in your project, you can request access to IPED's storage area in UiO's Services for Sensitive Data (TSD).
- Report back to Sikt when the project is completed
- If you have reported your project to Sikt, it is important that you inform them when the project is finished, and what will happen to the personal data you have collected. The project is not considered finished until you have completed the entire exam.
Data management, source processing and privacy protection for students writing a master's thesis in education
Published Mar. 13, 2023 2:05 PM
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