Data Use Guidelines - Canadian Index of Wellbeing Data Repository Responsibilities as a data user

Ethical use of data 1.1 Data sharing agreement All users of CIWDR data are required to sign a Data Sharing Agreementa with the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (i.e., the “data owner”) ensuring that users agree to the following responsible and ethical use of the data: a. [...] All copies of the data must be erased upon the completion of the research. [...] 1.3 Security provisions As a requestor of data, researchers will be required to provide at the outset a statement of the data security provisions for the computer on which the requested data subset will reside. [...] Obtaining access to data held by the CIW 2.1 Project proposal To be granted access to data held by the CIW, researchers are required to submit a Data Request Application, which includes a description of the project proposal. [...] Receipt of the submission will initiate the review process and will be coordinated by the Canadian Index of Wellbeing at the University of Waterloo.