Ownership and handling of data
Regarding ownership of raw data (spectra, animal and sample images etc.) the juridical situation has been discussed with the LU juridical department. One interpretation can be that LBIC possess ownership of such raw data, but the juridical situation is unclear.
LBIC´s policy at present is:
- LBIC (LU) has the right to use raw data as described above, however it is recommended that prior to public use (e.g. for LBIC advertising purposes), the adequate PI is contacted by the LBIC staff for acceptance.
- Each registered user gets storage space on LBIC’s servers for raw data acquired using LBIC’s modalities and associated work documents. The data service consists of in- house primary storage and off-site backup systems. For projects with very high storage needs, LBIC reserves the right to discuss optimum storage procedures with the PI. Depending on the nature of the modality the data is either stored directly to the central storage system during acquisition or transferred post acquisition using custom routines. Every night backups are performed to a second data center located in a separate building. Both the central storage arrays and backup systems uses industry standard technologies for data protection (e.g. RAID 5/6). Although the technical equipment is of highest industry standard and the probability for data loss is minimal, it should be noted that LBIC does not take formal responsibility for the data stored on LBICs systems .
LBIC will only store data for up to 4 months after the end of project. After that time LBIC reserves the right to erase it from our storage system. PI must by then, have copied the data to its own storage. A notification will be sent to the PI that the data is about to be erased.