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Data disclosure requests for research purposes at TAMK

If you are planning to use Tampere University of Applied Sciences’ registers or documents in your research, you need to fill in the data disclosure request. The vice president decides on data disclosure.

TAMK assigns data for research purposes based on a data disclosure request and related decision. The data disclosure decision is needed in the following cases:

  • you want to research the university of applied sciences’ confidential documents
  • you want to use the university of applied sciences’ materials or registers which include personal data for research purposes.

NB: when requesting data from the whole Tampere Universities community, you need both Tampere University of Applied Sciences’ and Tampere University’s decisions.

The same principles apply to data disclosure for research purposes based on data disclosure requests and granting of research permits. Because data disclosure requests mainly concern research of register data, the subjects are not required to give their consent to participate in the research. However, the registered need to be informed of the research.

Application and appendices

The data disclosure decision for research purposes is made based on the data disclosure request. The request is made by filling in the data disclosure request form. Attach your research plan with a clear description of the research objective, methods and data management plan. A prior evaluation document or data protection impact assessment (DPIA) and data protection notice also must be attached. See below.

Researchers must commit to follow the data privacy regulations in data processing and data protection. Any resulting registers containing personal data have to be removed or archived as required by legislation.

If both a research permit and data disclosure decision for research purposes are needed, only the data disclosure request form is filled in. Information on what other research data is collected from Tampere University of Applied Sciences (e.g., student or staff interviews and surveys) is included in the request form.

Data disclosure requests from TAMK

Fill in the following forms:

Data disclosure requests are to be sent to the address: tutkimusluvat.tamk [at] tuni.fi (tutkimusluvat[dot]tamk[at]tuni[dot]fi).

Data from the whole Tampere Universities community

When requesting data from the whole Tampere Universities community, you need both Tampere University of Applied Sciences’ and Tampere University’s decisions.

Read more about data disclosure requests from Tampere University