The processing of your personal data will be processed in accordance with the research authority. We therefore do not need to obtain written consent from you if you have contacted us and expressed your interest in participating in the project.
All data included in the project will be processed and stored in compliance with both the Danish Data Protection Act and the Danish data protection agency by responsible investigators as well as project workers.
It is voluntary if you want to participate, just as you can step out of the project at any time and without giving a reason. You can do this by sending us an email or calling us. The contact information can be found on the back of this information folder.
If you are interested in participating in the project, we encourage you to read the section "Information about the processing of personal data" further down the page. Here you can, i.a., find information about data storage, your rights, opportunities to complain and contact information on the data controller and Aarhus University's data protection officer.
Project funding
The project is carried out on the initiative of the Unit for Bereavement Research at the Department of Psychology at Aarhus University and in collaboration with the National Grief Center. The project is supported by TrygFonden with DKK 904,645 which, i.a., finances salaries for the project employees.
Information about processing of personal data
We are obliged to provide information on how we handle and store your data, which you can read more about below.
Contact information for data controller and project manager:
Aarhus University is data controller for the processing of personal data.
Any inquiries can be directed to:
Maja O’Connor, Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, AU.
Bartholins Alle 11, 8000 Aarhus C.
Email: maja@psy.au.dk
Tel: 29870779
Contact information for the data protection officer
Questions about Aarhus BSS' processing of personal data can be directed to Aarhus University's data protection officer:
Søren Broberg Nielsen
Katrinebjergvej 107 Building 5530, 8200 Aarhus N
Email: dpo@au.dk
Tel: 87153198
The purpose and legal basis for the processing of your personal data
The purpose of processing personal data is for the purpose of research in grief reactions.
Aarhus BSS' right to process your personal data follows from the General Data Protection Regulation Art. 6 subsection. 1, subparagraph e) and the Danish Data Protection Act § 10, para. 1, which gives Aarhus University the right to process your sensitive personal data for scientific research purposes without your consent.
Recipients of the personal data
The National Archives in connection with archiving according to the rules in the Archives Act. Collaboration with other research institutions will take place in accordance with current rules for collaboration and data processor agreement.
Storage of personal data
Data will be deleted or anonymized when there is no longer a need to process it. At this time, we cannot say how long we will keep your personal data. However, we can inform you that we will emphasize that your personal data is only stored for as long as it is necessary for scientific publications, when we have to determine how long your information will be stored.
Your rights as a participant in the research project
Aarhus University processes your data in accordance with the data protection rules. If you wish, you have the option to have data about you deleted or changed until scientific publications are completed and published. Then the data is anonymized. We expect to publish in the spring of 2023. If you wish to make use of your rights, please contact Maja O’Connor, maja@psy.au.dk, tel. 87165309.
Further information on rights according to the Danish data protection agency can be found in the Danish Data Protection Agency's guide on the data subjects' rights at www.datatilsynet.dk.
Complaint to the Danish Data Protection Agency
You can complain to the Danish Data Protection Agency if you are dissatisfied with the way in which Aarhus BSS processes your personal data. The Danish Data Protection Agency's contact information can be found at www.datatilsynet.dk.