Data Security

When you connect to LibreQDA at libreqda.org, you are using a version of the software made accessible by the Plateforme en humanités numériques:

• Data storage is provided throughout the project and overseen by digital specialists (you’ll never need to share documents with a USB key or by email again);
• Automatic backups are performed daily;
• The web browser interface makes the software resilient to the use of multiple operating systems within a team (macOS, Windows, Linux);
• The underlying hardware is provided by a supercomputer from Calcul Québec, an organization that receives support from the provincial government to provide state-of-the-art computing infrastructure to university researchers in virtually every scientific field.

Who can view your data?

The only people who might have access to your project data are the PHuN's analysts who need to perform a technical diagnosis (see the Team tab). PHuN's analysts with access to your project data signed an agreement with various clauses aimed at keeping your project data safe.

If you have high requirements for security and confidentiality you can:

• Contact the PHuN team (phun@usherbrooke.ca) to set up a personalized service;
• Self-host LibreQDA;
• Install it in isolation on your own computer (will work offline).

For the last two options, consult our Gitlab code repository.