D1.6 – (D1.5.1) Ethics and Data Management Plan

This document sets out the Data Management Plan XpanDH project. XpanDH is a Coordination and support action that aims at mobilizing and building capacity in individuals and organisations to create, adapt and explore purposeful use of interoperable digital health solutions based on a shared adoption of the European Electronic Health Records Exchange format (EEHRxF) across Europe.The Data Management Plan is divided into three main sections. Following the first introduction section, the second section sets out the legal requirements of processing of personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR (Regulation (EU)2016/679)1. The third section set out the requirements to be met to ensure that data generated by the project that may be lawfully re-used by other are researchers Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable (FAIR) as required Horizon Europe Data Management Plan guidance.The section on Processing Personal Data is divided into three parts. It looks first at the legal and ethical requirements of processing of personal data of project partners in the context of project work. It then considers the legal and ethical requirements of processing of personal data collected in the context of the project from people who engage with the project at webinars, events and through newsletters and similar tools, but who are not signatories to the Grant Agreement and therefore have no contractual relationship with the project consortium. Finally, this section looks at the legal and ethical aspect of collecting and processing sensitive personal data, such as health related data. This has only limited relevance to XpanDH, but is included for completeness.Section three, under the heading of Ethical and FAIR data processing considers briefly requirements of processing data in the context of any experimentation and testing and ensuring they can be re-used where appropriate. This is set out according to the Horizon Europe data Management Plan Template.This Data Management Plan is a live document, it will be updated as needed and as the data processing activities of the project partners become clearer. It is designed to support both the project centrally, as well as individual partners in their data processing activities.