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Research Data Management: RDM Policy & Legislation

A data management plan (DMP) is a written document that describes the data you expect to acquire or generate during the course of a research project, how you will manage, describe, analyze, and store those data, and what mechanisms you will use at the end

NWU RDM Policy & Legislation @NWU

Policies

North-West University

Open Access Policy (work in progress and will be made available once completed)
Research Data Management Guidelines (work in progress and will be made available once completed)

Statements

South Africa

NRF. 2015. Statement on Open Access to Research Publications from the National Research Foundation (NRF)-Funded Research, [January 2015]. Pretoria, South Africa: National Research Foundation.

Legislation

South Africa

Protection of Personal Information Act, No. 4 of 2013, 26 November 2013 (POPI Act).
Promotion of Access to Information Act, no.2 of 2000

International (European Union)

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)