Invitation paragraph
We aim to help your family enjoy, understand and encourage creative computing. We do this by offering family workshops where parents and children collaborate and benefit from being alongside other families.
We are asking parents in some of the schools in the Google Breaking Barriers programme to participate in a focus group discussion and/or interview about their experience of OurKidsCode. We will video or audio record these conversations. In order to participate in these activities, we need your consent to be recorded.
The information you give us will help us to make all this more enjoyable and effective, and to ensure we are making progress towards our aims.
Please take time to read the following information carefully. Please ask us if there is anything that is not clear or if you would like more information.
Do I have to take part?
It is completely up to you to decide whether or not to take part, you will continue to receive the same level of support from us.
Even if you decide to take part now, you are still free to change your mind at any time and without giving a reason. You can also decide to skip any questions you like.
You can ask us to delete the recording at any point, even after the interview is finished.
What will happen to me if I take part?
You will be asked to answer a few questions about your experience of OurKidsCode. The questions and your answers will be audio or video recorded. Each interview will only last about 20 minutes.
What are the benefits of taking part?
You and your family will benefit directly from taking part, as we work together to give your family the best experience possible. You will also be benefitting future participants in the programme as your recordings will help us explain the project and promote it to other families.
Keeping you and your data safe
Our team are Garda vetted which means we are approved to work with families and children.
We will store the recordings on secure password-protected servers at Trinity College for up to 10 years. Only the project team will have access to it.
If you decide, at any stage, you may request that we delete the recordings and we will do so.
If you are at all worried about how your data is kept, please get in touch and we can answer your questions.
It’s very unlikely, but if we find out about any illegal activities, the law means that we must let the authorities know.
What will happen to the results of this research?
The recordings may be used in media reporting, lectures, conference presentations and academic publications written as a result of this project.
What do I do if I have any further questions?
If you have any questions or concerns regarding your participation, please contact our project team at contact@ourkidscode.ie They will be happy to answer any questions that you may have.
Contact details
Principal Investigator: Dr Nina Bresnihan
Address: School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Email: contact@ourkidscode.ie
Thank you!
This project is funded by Research Ireland and the Google Breaking Barriers Programme and administered by the School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin. The project team consists of Assistant Professor Nina Bresnihan, Assistant Professor Glenn Strong, Louise Caldwell, Mary O’Mahony and Dr Richard Millwood from Trinity College Dublin.
In order to participate in the OurKidsCode focus group and/or interview, you will need to provide us with your consent to be recorded. Please click on the ‘Consent’ button to proceed to the Family Pre-Survey.
Data Protection Information
Data Controller
Data Protection Officer
Trinity College Dublin
Data Protection Officer
Secretary’s Office
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland
Email: dataprotection@tcd.ie
Website: www.tcd.ie/privacy
What is the lawful basis to use my personal data?
Information will only be used for this research study which aims to inform the development of the OurKidsCode Programme The legal basis for processing your personal data is Article 6(1)(e) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The legal basis for processing your sensitive personal data is Article 9(2)(j) GDPR.
What are my rights in relation to your use of my personal data?
You are entitled to request any of the rights below unless it would make it impossible or very difficult to carry out the research study:
- The right to access to your personal data;
- The right to receive a copy of your personal data;
- The right to ask us to restrict our use of your personal data;
- The right to ask us to correct inaccurate information about you; or
- The right to ask us to delete your personal data.
You are entitled to object to any further processing of the information we hold about you (except where it is de-identified). You can exercise these rights or learn more about data protection in relation to this study by contacting the Project Lead at Nina.Bresnihan@tcd.ie or the Trinity College Data Protection Officer (contact details above).
Please note that these rights relate to data which could identify you (personal data). If your data has been anonymised, we will not be able to access or delete it as we will have no way of being able to link the data to you.
If you are unhappy with how we have used your personal data, you can raise a concern with the Data Protection Commission via their online form – https://forms.dataprotection.ie/contact – or contact the Commission at:
Data Protection Commission
21 Fitzwilliam Square South
Dublin 2
D02 RD28
Ireland