Introduction

The purpose of this FAQ is to briefly inform researchers from the Flemish universities about the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on scientific research. This document has been drawn up on the basis of a number of questions and answers and, where necessary, a separate framework is used to indicate how the processes within the individual institutions have been set up to meet the obligations.

This FAQ focuses on the requirements set by the GDPR for the processing of personal data. Researchers must also take into account ethical guidelines, requirements from research funders, regulations and codes from universities, ...

(January 2019 version)