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Data protection is always a relevant issue when it comes to your personal data. Data protection means protecting your privacy. Under the Data Protection Act, personal data refers to information that relates to a specific or identifiable person.
The ETH Zurich Legal Office advises the Executive Board, the central authorities and the departments on legal matters.
The Compliance Guide of ETH Zurich gives an overview of the statutory requirements and internal directives at ETH Zurich and how to comply with them.
International relations and partnerships in research, teaching and knowledge transfer are an integral part of ETH Zurich’s work environment. The Goods Control Act and the Embargo Act form the basis of export control. They regulate the cross-border exchange of goods for civilian and military use (dual-use goods) and war materials. These include products, technologies (information and knowledge) and software (collectively referred to as goods).
You can find more information on export control protected pageHERElock.
ETH Zurich's risk management covers the entire institution and takes into account both internal and external risks.
For researchers of all disciplines, sustainable research data management (RDM) is an integral part of the research process and one of the foundations of good scientific practice. It constitutes the professional and comprehensible organisation and handling of research data throughout their entire life cycle.
The section Scientific IT Services (ITS SIS) provides research-centric IT services for computing- and data-intensive research activities at ETH Zurich.
The Ethics Commission advises ETH Zurich's Executive Board. Their main function is to evaluate proposals for research projects at ETH Zurich with regard to ethical issues.
At ETH Zurich, experts from the safety, security, health and the environment (SSHE) department give advice to all ETH members on matters related to safety, security, health and environmental protection and provide support in enforcing the necessary measures. SSHE regularly holds courses and workshops to train and further educate ETH members in these areas.
The guide Best Practices for Records Management provides best practice procedures to support those working with digital documents on a file system. Be sure to name your files correctly and consistently.