# R7.8 — Publication, Privacy, and Harm Safeguards - **Resource code:** R7.8 - **Resource version:** 1.0 - **Last substantively revised:** 18 June 2026 > **Competence and status limitation:** This form is not law, regulation, an official form, or legal or medical advice. Completion does not automatically establish fact, fault, responsibility, diagnosis, illegality, finding, or binding decision. Adapt the form to applicable competence, rules, and institutional procedure. ## Use 1. Complete before public release or disclosure beyond the necessary circle. 2. Examine whether the purpose can be achieved with less identifying material. 3. Record correction channel, revision trace, and a plan for possible unpublication. > **Privacy note:** The blank resource does not transmit or store information. When completed digitally or manually, the user is responsible for lawful processing, secure storage, access control, deletion, and any publication. ## 01. Purpose and Grounds for Publication Set what is to be published, why, and for whom. ### Publication purpose ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Audience and distribution ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Legal, editorial, or institutional basis ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Why is publication necessary? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## 02. Personal Data and Protection Map identifying data, sources, and third parties. ### Personal data and special categories — requires privacy assessment ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Third parties and indirect identification — requires privacy assessment ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Source protection, confidentiality, and secrecy duties — requires privacy assessment ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Retention, access, deletion, and archive — requires privacy assessment ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## 03. Minimisation, Anonymisation, and Harm Examine whether identification and level of detail are necessary and defensible. ### What can be removed or generalised? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Anonymisation and reidentification test — requires privacy assessment ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Possible harm, burden, or misuse — requires privacy assessment ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Proportionality assessment and alternatives ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## 04. Response, Status, and Correction Ensure visible document status, opportunity to respond, and controlled change. ### Contradiction or right of response ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Document status, version, and publication level ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Correct citation and source indication ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Correction channel, revision trace, and unpublication ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Approval before publication ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## Related documents - [R7 — Cases, Resources, and Worksheets](/en/reality-audit/resources/) - [Audit Standard](/en/reality-audit/standard/) - [Procedure](/en/reality-audit/procedure/) - [Workbench](/en/reality-audit/workbench/) ## Suggested citation Vikesland, M. A. A. (2026). “R7.8 — Publication, Privacy, and Harm Safeguards.” Røyndalism — R7 Resources, resource version 1.0. ## Revision note First public edition. Pure design, print, accessibility, and format changes do not trigger a new resource version.