RCUK Cloud-WG: Legal, regulatory and policy survey

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This is a survey from the Research Councils UK (RCUK) Cloud Computing Working Group.

We would like to hear your views on legal, regulatory and policy issues around use of "public cloud" services for research - for example Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure. The data from this survey will be used in a short report to inform a dialogue with cloud providers, research funders and government.

If you would be interested in following up any issues raised with the working group. please leave your name and contact details. These will not be shared beyond the working group without your permission. However, please note that an anonymised aggregate summary of the survey results will be made publicly available.

Your name

Your organisation

Your email address

Your role

Researcher

Principal Investigator

Research IT support

IT manager

Research support office

Procurement and legal

Other:

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About you and your organisation

Please tick all that apply

I am interested in using public cloud for research in an individual capacity

I am currently using public cloud for research in an individual capacity

My research group or department is interested in using public cloud for research

My research group or department is currently using public cloud for research

My organisation is aware of this interest in public cloud for research

My organisation is actively supporting use of public cloud for research

Blockers to use of public cloud

We would like to hear your views about legal or regulatory blockers to use of public cloud services for research that you have encountered. For example, lack of information around data sovereignty or privacy and confidentiality requirements.

Where does the issue originate?

Funder policies

Data owner policies

Contract clauses

Other:

Potential enablers

What could be done about any blockers that were identified? e.g. research council guidance on use of public cloud for regulated data, changes to UK/EU data protection regulations? If you resolved your issues around use of public cloud for research, how did you do this?

Legal advice sought?

Did your organisation obtain formal legal advice about whether your cloud research use case complied with legal and regulatory requirements?

Yes

Not sure

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Was a resolution achieved?

Did your organisation reach a decision as to whether public cloud was appropriate for your research use case?

OK to use public cloud

Not OK to use public cloud

Inconclusive result

Review is still ongoing

Other:

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Other information

If you feel that there are any other measures that could be taken to make public cloud more accessible for research use, such as policy guidance from research funders, please list them here - along with who you feel should take these actions.

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