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Data Protection, Security and Storage

Sara Correia-Hopkins Orcid Logo, Stuart Macdonald Orcid Logo

Routledge Handbook of Online Violent Extremism

Swansea University Authors: Sara Correia-Hopkins Orcid Logo, Stuart Macdonald Orcid Logo

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This chapter discusses a range of data protection and security issues that may need to be considered by online violent extremism researchers conducting empirical projects. Its first half focuses on data collection, examining issues of lawfulness (in terms of both criminal and civil law), fairness an...

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Published in: Routledge Handbook of Online Violent Extremism
Published: Routledge
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66212
Abstract: This chapter discusses a range of data protection and security issues that may need to be considered by online violent extremism researchers conducting empirical projects. Its first half focuses on data collection, examining issues of lawfulness (in terms of both criminal and civil law), fairness and transparency. The second half considers safeguards that might be implemented, specifically confidentiality and de-identification, and data minimisation and security. Overall, the chapter emphasises the importance of a reflexive approach in which issues of research ethics are assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Keywords: Data protection, data security, data storage, online research, terrorism, violent extremism, privacy
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences