Agreements and licenses

Data sharing agreements

It is necessary for you to use a data sharing agreement in high-risk situations where the data is sensitive or personal. You will use this agreement to:

  • form a contract between two or more organisations
  • detail the specific purpose and legal basis for sharing data
  • set out how, when, where and for how long data will be shared
  • establish time limits or other requirements and restrictions
  • make clear the obligations and responsibilities of specific roles

You and the other organisations may wish to include a requirement to make a version of the dataset available openly, including whether to remove or suppress sensitive and personal data before doing so.