3. What is data?
Documents
Lab books
Videos
Field notes
Experiment
results
Images
Protocols
Surveys
Manuscripts
Interview
transcripts
Physical
samples
Anything used and produced during
research
4. F.A.I.R.
Data should be F.A.I.R.
Findable
Accessible
Interoperable
Reusable
Helps data to be
discovered and
analysed by both
humans and machines
19. Always back up data
In at least two locations
Keep these apart from each
other
Data backup
20. Cloud services
Always read the small print
Investigate university cloud services
Be careful which data you store on these
services
21. Cloud service comparison
Space included 1 TB Unlimited Unlimited
Price (per annum) Free £55 – 66 Free
File history 90 days 30 days Unlimited
Where are files
stored? Within UK Within EU Anywhere
https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/supporting-research/servers-data-storage-and-backup/data-storage/individual-storage
23. Personal
data
“records or other information,
on their own, or linked with
other data or information in
the possession of the data
controller, can reveal the
identity of an actual living
person”
Data Protection Act (1998)
24. Personal
data
“‘personal data’ means any information relating
to an identified or identifiable natural person
(‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is
one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in
particular by reference to an identifier such as a
name, an identification number, location data,
an online identifier or to one or more factors
specific to the physical, physiological, genetic,
mental, economic, cultural or social identity of
that natural person”
Art. 4 EU GDPR Definitions
25. GDPR
Consent forms will change
Data breach notification is required
Right to be forgotten
Organisation has responsibility
Think of privacy when storing data
26. Personal data
Don’t collect it unless you need it!
Informed, open, written consent
Anonymise
Use managed repositories
28. Data sharing
Part of wider Open Research movement
Carrots
Moves knowledge
forward Increases
citations Saves effort
Research reproducibility
Sticks
Research integrity
Funder mandates
35. Data management plans
Outline of how data will be managed and shared
Mandated by funders a part of a grant application
Covers:
Data type Storage
Data backup Metadata
Sensitive information
Sharing data