Sensitive Data (SD) services for research: user guide
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New versions of SD Connect and SD Desktop are available from Monday, September 28. This introduces significant improvements, but also includes changes that are not compatible with the previous version of the service. Here you can find guidance and support.
Welcome to the user guides for CSC's Sensitive Data (SD) services. Each guide provides step-by-step instructions and video tutorials. Use the left menu (if menu is not visible, try zooming out in your browser), search bar or table of contents to find topics quickly.
Quick links to user guides
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Research data: store and analyse
Start here: create an account and a CSC project academic type
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Research data: publish and reuse
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Secondary use of health and social data
Start here with Findata permit
Start here with Public Register permit
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The guides are structured based on the type of data involved in your research and the legal grounds for its processing. Start by identifying the type of confidential or sensitive data your research involves, whether it is: research data (e.g. consented data collected for scientific studies) or health and social data for secondary use (e.g. register data provided by the Finnish Social and Health Data Permit Authority, Findata, or a public register). This will also determine the appropriate CSC project type used to access the services and the access rights for project members.
Quick access webpage to SD Services
For convenient access to SD services, visit and bookmark the Quick access webpage. This external page provides a centralized list that allows you to easily reach the services you need.
Service breaks
- SD services undergo regular maintenance on the first Wednesday of every month, for full details please visit Service Breaks page in research.csc.fi website
Support
Do you have any questions? Would you like to discuss how SD services can support your research project?
- Contact us, subject: Sensitive Data services
- Join the CSC Research User Support Coffee - Every Wednesday at 14:00.
- We offer on demand training and online meetings to guide you step by step when setting up a project or accessing the service for the first time.
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When contacting our team, please do not include sensitive or confidential information, or any personal data that should not be shared in your message. Before sending screenshots or other attachments, please review them carefully to ensure they do not contain such information.
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