Privacy Ombudsman for Research

NSD is the Privacy Ombudsman for all the Norwegian universities, university colleges and several hospitals and research institutes, including AHO.

The ombudsman scheme implies that the requirement for obtaining licenses from the Data Inspectorate for a greater part of research projects are replaced by a notification requirement where NSD is the last instance for reviewing applications for licenses. This means that the Data Inspectorate has delegated part of its responsibility to NSD in relation to the Personal Data Act and Health Register Act.

NSD gives high priority to direct contact with scientists and students and the Privacy Ombudsman puts emphasis on disseminating knowledge of the legal and ethical guidelines regulating research. Staff members offer individual advice to students and scientists who are about to collect their own data, lecture at seminars for scientists and graduate and doctoral students and supply printed material on the privacy issue.

The AHO Privacy Ombudsman contact is Martina M. Keitsch, phone no +47 2299 7028

See also http://www.nsd.uib.no/nsd/english/pvo.html