GDPR tip: Know the difference between obtaining consent pursuant to data protection laws and using ‘scientific research purposes’ as your legal basis

As a researcher, if you are going to collect data and are considering whether you should obtain consent pursuant to data protection law or rely on ‘scientific research purposes’ as your legal basis, it may make sense to rely on ‘scientific research purposes’, if you can. This is possible when the processing of data is for scientific or statistical purposes. The advantage is that the data can then be used again for new research purposes. If consent has been obtained, the personal data collected can only be used for the specific purpose stated in the consent form. Read more in this article . The article has been published before, but because we are regularly asked about this issue, we have decided to publish the article again.

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