Not to be confused with sensitive personal data, as defined by the Data Protection Act; data arising from sensitive research needs to be managed in accordance with DMU's Policy on Conducting Sensitive Research.
The definition of sensitive research encompasses a wide variety of research topics, but there are three broad research areas which would usually cause the research to be classified as ‘sensitive’:
Responsibilities for Ethical Research
"Within a framework of good governance and appropriate training, responsibility for the conduct of ethical research must ultimately lie with the researchers themselves."
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