Trust
Privacy & integrity
We work with sensitive data: who collaborates with whom, who turns to whom for advice. That data deserves the utmost care.
Our approach rests on two pillars: the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (2018) and the GDPR.
What that means in practice
- Confidential by design. Personal data is pseudonymized early; the key is stored separately and securely.
- You decide the level of identifiability. From a fully anonymous picture at the level of patterns and teams to reporting by name for targeted development: you choose what fits your goal. Reporting by name only happens transparently and with the knowledge of participants, who are told before they take part.
- Only what is needed. We collect no more data than the research question requires.
- Consent and transparency. Participants know in advance what happens and why; anyone who is named is informed as well.
- Honest about what the data says. We are clear about both the reach and the limits of a network picture.
This care is not a brake on the research but its precondition: only data gathered in confidence yields reliable insights.
For the formal, legal details on how we process personal data, see our privacy policy.