AIDA data sharing policy

Author: Analytical Imaging Diagnostics Arena (AIDA). Editor: Joel Hedlund, Data director AIDA. Version: 1.2.4 Printable version: AIDA data sharing policy v1.2.4 (PDF) Scientific publication: Nature Scientific Data comment article (OpenAccess)

Hedlund, J., Eklund, A. & Lundström, C. Key insights in the AIDA community policy on sharing of clinical imaging data for research in Sweden. Sci Data 7, 331 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00674-0

This policy has been drawn up by AIDA in order to provide succinct and understandable guidelines for its activities, and in an attempt to relate its decisions about its data sharing activities to what AIDA has identified as the common practice of using and sharing clinical imaging data for research in Sweden and similar countries.

Summaries:

• Practical guide » An overview of AIDA data sharing.
• Common practice » Ethics and law in clinical data sharing for research.

AIDA policies are set continuously by AIDA management, who reports to the AIDA steering group. Please contact the AIDA data director for comments and feedback.

This document does not constitute legal advice.

Contents

Printable version: AIDA data sharing policy v1.2.4 (PDF)

Context
Law, ethics, and protections in the common practice of sharing clinical imaging data for research in Sweden and similar countries.

AIDA data sharing
Policies and procedures for data sharing in AIDA. Summary: Overview.

Legal discussion
Legal discussion on the common practice, with reference to law text in official sources. Summary: Common practice.

Ethical data sharing
Examples of language in ethical review applications to support data sharing.

Anonymization examples
Examples of what AIDA considers correct anonymization in medical imaging.

Templates
Template documents to facilitate setting up legal and ethical data sharing outside of AIDA.

Version history

• 1.2.4 2021-07-05 .pdf
  • Add Access request evaluation decision support.
• 1.2.3 2021-06-18 .pdf
  • Add data transfer agreement template.
  • Harmonise purposes of sharing; use “medical diagnostics research”.
• 1.2.2 2021-05-06 .pdf
  • AIDA OwnCloud replaced by AIDA Nextcloud.
• 1.2.1 2021-05-05 .pdf
  • Limit purposes in AIDA license to “medical imaging research”.
• 1.2.0 2021-01-29 .pdf
  • Add support for processing personal data.
  • Add support for data sharing on delegation.
• 1.1.2 2020-10-07 .pdf
  • Add link to Nature Scientific Data article in Summaries.
• 1.1.1 2020-06-05 .pdf
  • Change “Author” attribution to AIDA, add “Editor” attribution to Joel Hedlund.
• 1.1.0 2020-04-24 .pdf
  • Add templates appendix.
  • Add information on AIDA Data sharing routines.
• 1.0.1 2020-01-08 .pdf
  • Delete additions on laws taking effect “(starting 2020-01-01)”, for clarity.
  • In Overview, include points on “Data hub sharing modes” such as licensing or sample sharing into the preceding data hub sharing step.
• 1.0 2019-12-13 .pdf
  • Initial release.