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(Un)informed Consent: To What Degree are Research Participants ‘Informed’ by Common Consent Procedures in Psychology under EU Data Protection Law?

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Elson, Malte
Hallinan, Dara
Külpmann, Annika
Boehm, Franziska

Abstract / Description

There is reason to believe that consent forms may routinely do not fulfill the requirements for consent outlined in EU data protection law. Where this is the case, the legitimacy of the conduct of research may be undermined and could result in restrictions on the subsequent conduct of research, obligations to delete data, or obligations to limit the sharing of psychological research data. However, so far, there are no empirical data to support the proposition that compliance may not be the norm. We propose a study design in which we draw a random sample of psychological research reports and systematically compare the research practices (i.e., reported data collection procedures, sharing practices) with the details provided in the respective participant information and consent form and compare each of these with the legal requirements outlined in EU data protection law.

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2021-05-31 12:58:15 UTC

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PsychArchives

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Elson, M., Hallinan, D., Külpmann, A., & Boehm, F. (2021). (Un)informed Consent: To What Degree are Research Participants ‘Informed’ by Common Consent Procedures in Psychology under EU Data Protection Law? PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.4875
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Elson, Malte
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Hallinan, Dara
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Külpmann, Annika
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Boehm, Franziska
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2021-05-31T12:58:15Z
  • Made available on
    2021-05-31T12:58:15Z
  • Date of first publication
    2021-05-31
  • Abstract / Description
    There is reason to believe that consent forms may routinely do not fulfill the requirements for consent outlined in EU data protection law. Where this is the case, the legitimacy of the conduct of research may be undermined and could result in restrictions on the subsequent conduct of research, obligations to delete data, or obligations to limit the sharing of psychological research data. However, so far, there are no empirical data to support the proposition that compliance may not be the norm. We propose a study design in which we draw a random sample of psychological research reports and systematically compare the research practices (i.e., reported data collection procedures, sharing practices) with the details provided in the respective participant information and consent form and compare each of these with the legal requirements outlined in EU data protection law.
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    other
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    unknown
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  • Citation
    Elson, M., Hallinan, D., Külpmann, A., & Boehm, F. (2021). (Un)informed Consent: To What Degree are Research Participants ‘Informed’ by Common Consent Procedures in Psychology under EU Data Protection Law? PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.4875
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/4311
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4875
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychArchives
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  • Is related to
    https://www.psycharchives.org/handle/20.500.12034/4309
  • Is related to
    https://www.psycharchives.org/handle/20.500.12034/4310
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    (Un)informed Consent: To What Degree are Research Participants ‘Informed’ by Common Consent Procedures in Psychology under EU Data Protection Law?
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  • DRO type
    preregistration
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