JISC

The JISC wishes to commission a study to investigate the institutional processes and policy required for members of an institution to give informed, free consent to the transfer of personal information and data to third party providers, to support personalisation.

The aims and objectives of the study are to investigate:

• current policy and practice amongst institutions for gaining consent to the transfer of personal information to third party providers;
• the purposes for which this information is disclosed;
• the requirements for training or informing users of the use to which their personal information may be used;
• the response of users to this utilization;
• potential online solutions for obtaining consent and exchanging information;
• issues of data protection and federated access management related to this area;
• produce guidance on good practice.

Total funding of £40,000 (including VAT, travel and subsistence) is available for this project.

The deadline for receipt of tenders is 12 noon on Wednesday 14th January 2009. The successful bidder will be expected to start work on or around Monday 2^nd February 2009. This study should take place over a maximum period of five months.

A full version of the ITT can be found below.