Table of contents of user guide
Exporting results from the virtual desktop in secondary use projects
Your virtual desktop is completely isolated from the internet and data export is restricted for information security reasons. Only the CSC project manager can export anonymous results from the secure workspace when processing secondary use data. All exported results must be reported to the data permit authority Findata for risk assessment and scrutiny.
Researchers are obliged to do a risk based assessment on Findata's website before exporting results from the SD Desktop environment and to inform Findata about all exports. Findata requests researchers to deliver their results for scrutiny if the risk of identifying individuals is high.
In order to export results, you need to:
- Make sure your results do not contain any sensitive data. Read more about producing anonymous results from Findata's website and familiarize yourself with the risk based assessment for exported results;
- Do the risk based assessment with Findata's risk assessment form;
- Continue filling in the notification form after the risk assessment to notify Findata of the results export;
- Request your CSC project manager to export the results from the desktop to SD Connect;
- Download the results from SD Connect;
- If required by the risk based assessment, deliver the results to Findata for scrutiny following Findata's instructions.
End of data access and data deletion policies
Access to the data will be denied after the data permit expires. If you want to continue accessing the data after the original validity period ends, you need to send an amendment application to the data controller to extend the validity of the permit.
When the data permit has expired, the CSC project will be closed, and you cannot access your virtual Desktop anymore. This means that all your results must be exported before the end of the validity period. All data will be deleted in accordance with the secondary use regulations. As a default, closed projects and all their data will be deleted after 90 days according to CSC’s data retention policy (see General Terms of Use for CSC's Services for Research and Education).
If you are still waiting for a decision about an amendment application when the original permit expires, please contact CSC Service Desk in order to save your CSC project and data for later use. We cannot grant access to the Desktop without a valid data permit.