Research data and copyright

Legal regulations for research

All research conducted at Swedish universities is covered by the general legal regulations which includes rules on ethical review, personal integrity, publicity and confidentiality.

Swedish National Data Service (SND) works for a better infrastructure to manage and make research data more available and has produced an introduction to the general regulations that are applied to research data at Swedish universities.

SND’s handbook for data containing personal information


Have legal questions about research data? Contact the Research Data Support via the University Helpdesk → Research Support.


You can also contact SND's legal department if you have any further questions regarding the legal aspects of data management and research data.

Contact SND’s legal support

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