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This decision tree provides an overview on the data protection aspects of uploading conference videos to popular video platforms as well as the processing of relevant data.

This decision tree provides guidance on the steps to consider before transferring within or between research institutions beyond the research purpose itself.

The Council for Social and Economic Data's 2017 handout is "a first step towards a discipline-wide and interdisciplinary understanding of research ethics principles and review procedures in the German-language social and economic sciences."

The chapter written by Anne Lauber-Rönsberg in the Practical Handbook on Research Data Management (2021) summarizes the legal framework of FDM. The focus is on copyright law, the regulations of good scientific practice, service and labor law, and data protection law.

The "5 Safes" is a concept in data protection developed in the United Kingdom to help in the development of an effective data protection concept.

The model contract serves as a basis for researchers to generate their own data use contracts or to identify needs and translate them into legal texts.

EOSC Pillar: Legal Compliance Guidelines for Researchers is a checklist for researchers to design research projects in compliance with data protection law. In addition to data protection law, the checklist also takes into account other legal issues of intellectual property law.

The tutorial is a detailed, research-related introduction to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The principles of the GDPR are presented as well as the "ELDAH consent form wizard" (help for creating correct consent forms for data processing).

This tool helps to implement the planned consent in a legally compliant manner. The result is therefore permissible, valid consent if the aspects and requirements from the GDPR (and, if applicable, the BDSG) contained in the wizard are complied with.

The tool allows researchers to independently determine whether and how they process personal data. In this way, the responsibility remains with the researchers and the assessment takes into account all the details of the research activity.

In 2020, the Council for Social and Economic Data put the second edition of its handout on data protection online. It summarizes the basics of data protection law and provides an excellent introduction to the subject, including easy-to-understand examples.

iRights is an information platform and online magazine on law in the cultural sector, with a focus on copyright, data protection and Open Educational Resources (OER). Cultural heritage institutions are a special target group. iRights e. V. is the sponsor.

The Association of German Art Historians has posted a guide to image rights in art historical practice that explains various usage scenarios and the related legal situation. It has been published in an updated edition in 2022, which brings the guide up to date after the copyright…