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Purpose

Classifying your data helps you determine how your data should be accessed, handled, stored, and shared, as well as the risk associated with the data. This step allows you to determine which computational and storage solutions are best suited to your task, project, or backups.


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Initial considerations

Applicable legislation, regulations, policies, data sharing or material transfer agreements, etc.

  • Is your data or your obligation to protect it covered by other binding documents or contracts?

Privacy legislation (FIPPA, PHIPA, GPDR, etc.)

Ethics protocols

Agreements (Data sharing [DSA], material sharing [MTA], etc.)


What can I do?

Consult the University’s Data Classification Standard.

Level 4

  • Highly sensitive, non-public data.

Level 3

  • Confidential, non-public data.

Level 2

  • Non-confidential, non-public (internal) data.

Level 1

  • General access, public data.


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Michael Laurentius

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Sue McGlashan

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Additional help

General

https://data.utoronto.ca/data-governance-program/

https://governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/fipp

https://uoft-infosec-cf.atlassian.nethandbook.security.utoronto.ca/wiki/spaces/ISH/pages/4948958/Contact+us#Information-Security-(IS)

Researchers

https://security.utoronto.ca/services/research-information-security-program/


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