Data Use, Privacy and Sharing Policies

Your data management plan should include a data use policy, including when the data will be made available, and the procedure for data access. While the default may be free and open access, you should consider any special aspects of your data that may require restrictions in your data use policy, such as sensitive data or collaborations with international partners that may have their own data use policies.

Example Language

If your project project generates standard time series data, that does not have sensitive security or release procedures, you might specify your data use policy in this section:

This project will develop and abide by a data release policy. Data will remain within the project for two years or until publication (whichever is first), at which point it will be available to the broader community for academic use using CUAHSI-HIS protocols. Any changes in this policy will be widely announced, and will not be retroactively applied to data already collected.