What happens to my data?
Getting results ready for inputting into
the database
Data (test results) are entered onto a DOC database administered at Auckland Zoo New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine (NZCCM). The test results are linked to the project that collected them.
We will create summaries for different species, e.g., disease results from all the hihi in the database. We will also summarise the results from locations, e.g., Tiritiri Matangi Island. These will be posted in the Reports section for easy access and use.
Who can use the data?
We protect your data through a confidentiality agreement. Anyone who wants access to the data has to be a registered user and sign the confidentiality agreement. Because this project is all about sharing, you won't be consulted if they are just using the data to decide what tests they need to do.
You will be consulted if someone wants to use your data in research or in a publication. You can then discuss with the author how the collaboration might proceed (co-authorship or acknowledgements etc). You have the right to decline the use of your data.
This is all clearly set out in the Confidentiality Agreement.