Resea ch Da a Managemen
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Pe sonal Da a Managemen
Laws and Regula ions
Wha quali i es as pe sonal da a? Wha a e you (no ) allowed o do wi h
i ? Does you esea ch p ojec in ol e pe sonal da a? Do you know how
o handle and s o e i ?
Any esea che wo king wi h pe sonal da a is subjec o (Swiss) da a p o-
ec ion law and needs o be awa e o he ele an laws and egula ions.
Wha is pe sonal da a?
Pe sonal da a is any in o ma ion ela ing o an iden i i ed o iden i i able na u al pe son (da a
subjec ). The e a e di e en ca ego ies o pe sonal da a:
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O dina y pe sonal da a:
Pe sonal da a is in o ma ion e e ing o a de i ni e
o de i nable na u al pe son. Examples include:
• Name
• Da e o bi h
• Email add ess
• Phone numbe
• Sex
• In o ma ion abou pa icula ly cha ac e is ic
ea u es, e.g. “only woman wo king in a ce ain
eam”
Sensi i e pe sonal da a:
Pe sonal da a which a e pa icula ly sensi i e
in ela ion o undamen al igh s and eedoms,
which include bu a e no es ic ed o:
• Poli ical, eligious o philosophical belie s
• T ade union- ela ed iews o ac i i ies
• Heal h
• Sexual li e and/o sexual o ien a ion
• P ocessing o gene ic and/o biome ic da a
• Da a o ulne able pe sons, e.g. child en,
e hnic mino i ies e c.
Key laws
The Law on In o ma ion and Da a P o ec ion o he Can on o Basel-S ad (IDG-BS), he
Swiss Fede al Ac on Da a P o ec ion (FADP) and he Gene al Da a P o ec ion Regula ion
o he Eu opean Union (GDPR) p o ec p i acy and egula e he handling o pe sonal da a.
The Human Resea ch Ac (HRA) p o ec s he digni y, p i acy and heal h o human beings in-
ol ed in esea ch conce ning human diseases and he s uc u e and unc ion o he human
body.
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Which law applies when you p ocess pe sonal da a?
• Resea ch a he Uni e si y o Basel: In gene al, he Can onal Law on In o ma ion and Da a
P o ec ion (IDG-BS) and he O dinance o he IDG-BS apply o public bodies o he Can on
o Basel-S ad and i s municipali ies (e.g. Uni e si y o Basel).
• P i a e Resea ch and Resea ch a he ETHZ/EPFL: In gene al, he Swiss Fede al Ac on
Da a P o ec ion (FADP) and he O dinance o he FADP apply o p i a e pe sons and ede al
bodies (e.g. ETHZ).
• C oss-can onal esea ch: When p ocessing pe sonal da a, he da a p o ec ion law o he
can on whe e he p ocessing occu s (e.g. collec ion, s o age, e ision, o disclosu e) yp-
ically applies. This means ha , in cases in ol ing mul iple loca ions, mo e han one can onal
da a p o ec ion law may apply.
• Resea ch wi h an in e na ional dimension:
• O en he da a p o ec ion law a he o eign esea ch loca ion is also applicable.
• I you p ocess pe sonal da a o EU indi iduals o moni o he online beha io o use s
based in he EU, GDPR is applicable.
Da a and in o ma ion classi i ca ion
In o de o ensu e he con i den iali y and secu i y o sensi i e da a, he di ec i e on da a
and in o ma ion classi i ca ion o he Uni e si y o Basel (in Ge man) de i nes ou p o ec ion
classes and, in his con ex , also he esponsibili ies o handling sensi i e da a. Find mo e
in o ma ion on da a and in o ma ion classi i ca ion on he In ane o he Uni e si y o Basel.
Fo mo e in o ma ion on da a p o ec ion a he Uni e si y
o Basel, isi he Da a P o ec ion O i ce o con ac he
Da a P o ec ion O i ce (DPO):
da ensc[email p o ec ed]h.
I you ha e ques ions abou da a and in o ma ion classi i -
ca ion, con ac [email p o ec ed]h.
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