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Data Protection Requirements Checklist

Please use this adapted template to certify that all data protection requirements have been addressed
prior to submitting your ethics application form and supporting documents for review, thank you.

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1. Check to see if project is an extension of previous research and if so provide the research
reference number
2. Consent Form and Participant Information Sheet completed and provided including privacy
notice
3. i. Local project privacy notice is in place and contains the criteria set out in Articles 13/14
of GDPR – see Where can I check that I have completed my Privacy Notice correctly?

ii. Local project privacy notice links to one of the main UCL general research participant
privacy notice

ii. Lawful basis for processing personal data is stated as ‘performance of a task in the
public interest’ and special category or criminal convictions data is stated as ‘research
purposes’
4. Appropriate safeguards are in place as per this guidance
- Collect only the minimum amount of personal data required to carry out the research
- Use pseudonymised personal data
- Anonymise data where possible
- Safeguards against accidental disclosure and loss or corruption of data. See here
- Ensure that the processing will not cause substantial damage or distress to individuals
- Ensure that the processing will not be used to support measures or decisions with
respect to a particular individual
- Confirm evidence of the information security measures in place, eg encryption
5. Ensure the terms anonymization and pseudonymisation are used correctly in form
6. The location of the data is specified, ie:
- On UCL servers
- In the UK
- In the EEA
- Outside the EEA
7. If personal data is stored outside the EEA, ensure that measures are in place to comply with
data protection legislation. See guidance here
8. Indicate whether third parties, such as other universities or processors, are involved with
processing or storage of data
a. If so, confirm data sharing/processing arrangements in place?
b. If not, refer them to research services/contracts or procurement or solicitor in Legal
Services
9. DPIA screening questions have been completed by staff if research deemed high risk
a. If so, the DPIA has been provided
10. If the research involves children, the Research with Children Guidance been followed
11. The information compliance training been undertaken within the last two years
- Freedom of information
- Data protection
- Information security
12. Provisions are in place around confidentiality, e.g. wording in participant information sheet
13. Data Protection Coordinator has been notified

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