This is an inquiry about participation in a data collection titled ”Psychological dynamics and human behavior in using computers and the internet”.
Who is responsible for the research project?
eHealth and Welfare Security (eHWS) research group at the Center of Cyber and Information Security (CCIS), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is the institution responsible for the the research project.
This data collection is a PhD project by NTNU student Muhammad Ali Fauzi (muhammad.a.fauzi@ntnu.no), supervised by Bian Yang (bian.yang@ntnu.no) and co-supervised Christoph Busch (christoph.busch@ntnu.no).
Why are you being asked to participate?
The participants are all people with internet access selected from Indonesia, Ghana, and Norway.
What does participation involve for you?
The participants will take working memory tests and filling questionnaires.
Participation is voluntary
Participation in the project is voluntary. If you chose to participate, you can withdraw your consent at any time without giving a reason. All information about you will then be made anonymous. There will be no negative consequences for you if you chose not to participate or later decide to withdraw.
Your personal privacy – how we will store and use your personal data
We will only use your personal data for the purpose(s) specified in this information letter. We will process your personal data confidentially and in accordance with data protection legislation (the General Data Protection Regulation and Personal Data Act).
• All the personal data will be stored in a dedicated project server and workstation in NTNU and only the PhD student (Muhammad Ali Fauzi) and his supervisors (Bian Yang and Christoph Busch) can access the data.
• After the project complete, we will keep all the data for 10 years, anonymized, used for future work.
• If the project owner sees that it is necessary to have a copy of the personal data outside the dedicated project server and workstation, the data subjects shall be contacted and sought for a concern.
What will happen to your personal data at the end of the research project?
The project is scheduled to end on 17 June 2022. The data will be anonymized at the end of the project and will be stored in the NTNU database for future works purposes. Only the PhD student (Muhammad Ali Fauzi) and his supervisors can access the data.
Your rights
Before the data fully collected and during any session of the data collection, you have the rights to:
• Stop immediately and withdraw your participation, delete the data in the previous sessions without any explanation
• To be informed of the uses of the data to be collected So long as you can be identified in the collected data, you have the right to:
• request access to the personal data that is being processed about you
• request that your personal data is deleted
• request that incorrect personal data about you is corrected/rectified
• receive a copy of your personal data (data portability), and
• send a complaint to the Data Protection Officer or The Norwegian Data Protection Authority regarding the processing of your personal data
Incentive
All of the participants will be included in a lucky draw. 10 winners will get 300 NOK each.
Where can I find out more?
If you have questions about the project or want to exercise your rights, contact:
• eHWS-CCIS NTNU via Muhammad Ali Fauzi (muhammad.a.fauzi@ntnu.no) or Bian Yang (bian.yang@ntnu.no).
• Our Data Protection Officer: Thomas Helgesen (thomas.helgesen@ntnu.no)
• NSD – The Norwegian Centre for Research Data AS, by email: (personverntjenester@nsd.no) or by telephone: +47 55 58 21 17.

Consent form
I have received and understood information about the data collection project and have been given the opportunity to ask questions. I give consent to participate in the data collection.

Agree and Participate