Legal and ethical issues in open access and data dissemination and preservation

In this deliverable, we utilise a combination of literature review and case study interviews to identify legal and ethical issues relevant to open access to research data, to identify examples that illuminate these issues, and to identify potential solutions currently being used to address these issues. On the basis of our research, we indicate possible policy recommendations on legal and ethical issues raised by open access to research data, together with a set of good practice policy guidelines targeted at significant stakeholders and key policy-makers. This work was undertaken as part of the EU FP7-funded project “Policy Recommendations for open access to research data in Europe” (RECODE), within work Package 3 (WP3), Ethical and legal issues.