Guidance

Current thinking on controllers and processors in health research

This document distinguishes a controller organisation (that controls how to process personal data) from a processor organisation (that processes data).

From:: MRC
Published:: 8 February 2021

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This guidance is designed for researchers, research governance teams, data protection officers, legal and contracts teams. It defines:

controllers
processors
joint controllers
third parties.