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Data protection

Population research often involves processing personal data. INED guarantees transparent, responsible, and ethical management of all personal data collected or used in its research activities. In doing so, we are complying with the applicable data protection laws: the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2026/679 of April 27, 2016; and the French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978 (amended), relating to information technology, files, and civil liberties. 

Protecting research data

This section applies to all personal data collected as part of research projects either conducted or jointly conducted by INED, ranging from direct or indirect (pseudonymized) data collected from respondents, collaborators, or partners, for INED surveys.  

Guiding principles

  • Lawfulness, good faith, transparency. Data are processed on a legal basis (formal consent, research conducted in the public interest), and procedures are fully explained to all participants. Personal data may not be processed in any way incompatible with the above-stated end. Data processing in the service of scientific research is considered compatible by default.
  • Data processing is for the sole specific purpose of scientific knowledge.
  • Minimization of data collected. The only data collected are those strictly necessary for attaining clearly defined and stated research objectives.
  • Data accuracy. Personal data must be accurate; they may also be updated depending on the research project. Appropriate measures are taken to rectify any data that are not accurate in relation to the research ends.
  • Data kept for a limited time only. Data are kept for an amount of time proportionate to research project purposes. They may be archived in the interest of historical or scientific knowledge, and then only under strict regulations and management.
  • Security and confidentiality. INED implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect data against unauthorized access or disclosure.
  • Accountability. INED strictly abides by the EU’s GDPR regulation and France’s Data Protection Act, ensuring that all of its personal data processing complies with them and that this compliance can be duly demonstrated. To this end, we ensure that data is correctly and suitably documented, while implementing appropriate technical and organizational regulations and procedures and ensuring that research projects unfold within established framing regulations. 

Data subjects’ rights

Under the GDPR, individuals whose data are collected and processed for INED research have the right to be informed and to access, correct, restrict, delete, or object to the use of their data, as well as to withdraw their consent. You can exercise these rights by emailing dpd@ined.fr or by writing to:

DPD, INED
Campus Condorcet 9 cours des Humanités
CS 50004 93322 Aubervilliers Cedex  
France

 Governance and data protection documents

INED’s Data Protection Officer maintains an up-to-date list of research-related data processing activities. Researchers are provided with the documents they need to comply with data protection regulations (guides, consent templates, information notices, and protocols) when preparing their surveys. Data Protection Impact Assessments are also conducted to evaluate and address high risk to individuals’ rights and freedoms.  

INED’s Ethics Committee can be consulted for any project. 

Protecting the data of ined.fr website users

To use certain features of this website, INED may collect personal data—for example, when you sign up for an event or join a mailing list for INED content (Top Stories, Our Researchers’ Latest Publications, press releases, and invitations).

Because we are responsible for processing those data, we keep you informed on it. When information is required to use specific website features, we indicate this explicitly before you enter your data.

If you refuse to provide the requested information, you may not be able to access certain services. 

Personal data may be collected by INED (9 cours des Humanités, Campus Condorcet, 93322 Aubervilliers Cedex, France) and our Data Protection Officer as part of their work.

The following personal data may be collected:
•    First and last name
•    Email address
•    Organization you belong to
•    Job position (director, journalist, communications officer, etc.)

Such data may be collected by: 
•    INED Web (Communications Department)
•    INED Press (Communications Department)
•    INED Events (Communications Department) 
•    INED Publications
•    The Data Protection Officer (INED, 9 cours des Humanités, Campus Condorcet, 93322 Aubervilliers Cedex, France)
•    INED Human Resources Department

In connection with:
•    Subscribing to our newsletters (Top Stories, Our Researchers’ Latest Publications), receiving press releases and media invitations, or participating in events.

Your data may be accessed by:
•    ined.fr website administrators
•    Authenticated ined.fr website contributors (editors-in-chief, editors) and communicators in different INED services and departments  

Your personal data is deleted:
•    Immediately after an event you signed up for
•    After 3 years of inactivity on your part (part of the “the right to be forgotten”)
•    A maximum of 5 years for authenticated contributors who are no longer INED staff members.

No data are transferred outside the European Union.

Under applicable data protection laws, including the EU’s GDPR and the French Data Protection Act, you have the following rights:

Authenticated contributors:

•    Update or delete your data by logging into your account and managing your account information.

Users:
•    Access your personal data to know what information is being processed
•    Update or correct your data if inaccurate
•    Request the transfer or deletion of your data
•    Delete your account
•    Restrict how your data is processed
•    Object to the processing of your data on legitimate grounds 
•    Withdraw your consent to the processing of your data

Contact INED’s Communications Department (website team): communication@ined.fr

Please specify the exact nature of your request and the page or service involved (URL, title, etc.).

You may also contact the Data Protection Officer, either by email at dpd@ined.fr or by postal mail at the following address:

DPD, INED
Campus Condorcet 9 cours des Humanités
CS 50004 93322 Aubervilliers Cedex  
France
 

If, after contacting us, you believe that your data protection rights have not been respected, you have the right to file a complaint with the French data protection agency, CNIL, either online or by postal mail. 

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