Standard Contractual Clauses: Since leaving the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK) enacted their own version of the General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), and began the process of developing a UK-specific iteration of the EU's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Earlier this year, the UK published...
On November 1, 2021, China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) will go into effect. Stanford University’s DigiChina website has published a translation, here. The PIPL is similar to the General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) in many ways, however there are some important distinctions (IAPP gives a good overview, here).
International projects and collaborations are an instrumental part of Harvard's research community. Certain activities, such as working with Personal Data per the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), require researchers and administrators to be aware of applicable restrictions and considerations. To help clarify some of GDPR's relevant requirements, the Office of the Vice Provost of Research, with input from other stakeholders, has developed ...
On Friday June 4, the European Commission published the finalized version of the new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), which govern the transfer of Personal Data from the European Economic Area to...
A Harvard Working Group has published a template to help researchers create a data management plan for their projects. Using DMPTool, a free resource supported by Harvard Library, researchers can access templates, example answers,...
WAIT is a web-based application designed to assist researchers, faculty and administrators with the identification and internal routing of legal agreements at Harvard. This tool is designed for usage university wide....
OVPR and HUIT, working with stakeholders, have revised the Harvard Research Data Security Policy (HRDSP), which will be effective as of July 15, 2020. The updated HRDSP better reflects current roles and practices, and importantly, requires use of the existing applications (e.g. ESTR-IRB, Agreements-DUA, and Data Safety and Security) to provide easier access to relevant information and reviews.... Read more about Updated Research Data Security Policy goes live July 15, 2020
OVPR and HUIT are excited to announce that starting May 15th 2020, the University will be implementing a partial rollout of the updated Research Data Security Policy Guidance!
What do we mean by partial? Only certain requirements from the updated HRDSP Guidance will be effective in May, specifically:
The research administration and compliance team has been working with the Office of the Vice Provost of Research and Harvard University Information Technology to develop a Data Safety and Security system to support the review and implementation of research data management plans. The soft launch of the Data Safety Application on December 5 will provide a period where School Security Officers can use the system to complete reviews and work with research teams to gather feedback. Based on this period of feedback, HUIT and OVPR will continue to refine system functionality and make improvements to the security review process.... Read more about New Research Data Safety Application
Standard Contractual Clauses: Since leaving the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK) enacted their own version of the General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), and began the process of developing a UK-specific iteration of the EU's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Earlier this year, the UK published...
On November 1, 2021, China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) will go into effect. Stanford University’s DigiChina website has published a translation, here. The PIPL is similar to the General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) in many ways, however there are some important distinctions (IAPP gives a good overview, here).
A Harvard Working Group has published a template to help researchers create a data management plan for their projects. Using DMPTool, a free resource supported by Harvard Library, researchers can access templates, example answers,...