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ÍSOR, Iceland GeoSurveyÍSOR, Iceland GeoSurvey

Internal policies

Information security

ÍSOR's guiding principle is to use information technology to store, process and share data securely and responsibly.

ÍSOR's guiding principle is to use information technology in its operations, including the preservation, processing and dissemination of data.

This will be done by:

  • monitoring and adopting innovations in the field of information technology
  • ÍSOR's clients and partners enjoying good service and advice in information technology matters
  • the selection of software taking into account that it meets the wishes and needs of users, is economical and integrable with other information technology solutions
  • data that ÍSOR acquires or creates, for its own benefit or for its clients, being recorded and preserved in a secure and responsible manner and in a standardised, electronic and accessible format as far as possible (data here means raw data, metadata, calculated and derived data)
  • the ownership and right of disposal of the data that ÍSOR acquires, creates and preserves being clearly stipulated
  • data not being handed over to a third party for inspection, use or publication unless the requisite permissions from the owners of the data are in place