STAGE - Ethics Report n°1: STAGE - Ethics Report n°1

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STAGE, through its research objectives and questions, is directly impacted by European and French legislation in several areas, including the GDPR, the French Data Protection Act, and the AI Act. Consequently, extensive ethics screening and regular reporting are among the core challenges of the research process.The project involves the collection of personal data, the study of copyrighted content, and the use of AI for data processing. Most critically, it addresses the ethical implications of publishing results and research outputs derived from these activities. While anonymization and pseudonymization of data were proposed to mitigate ethical concerns during data collection and processing, the nature of the studies to be conducted sometimes conflicts with these solutions.To ensure robust and comprehensive compliance with these recommendations and legal constraints, STAGE will produce multiple ethics reports. These reports will document the established workflows, tools, and solutions employed, while also keeping a detailed record of decision-making processes and their justifications.This document, the first in this series of ethics reports, was thoughtfully prepared with the guidance, advice, and validation of the Data Protection Officer at Université Rennes 2, an ethics advisor, and the Comité d’Éthique de la Recherche.