Secure Lab provides controlled access to data that are too detailed, sensitive, or confidential to be made available under the standard End User Licence or Special Licence. Specialised staff at the UK Data Service apply statistical control techniques to ensure the delivery of safe statistical results.
Strict research application criteria set by data providers and legislation means that not all research or researchers are eligible to access Secure Lab.
Data accessed in this way cannot be downloaded. Once researchers and their projects are approved, they can analyse the data remotely from their organisational desktop, by using the UK Data Service Safe Room, or one of the SafePods across the UK. The UK Data Service provides access to statistical and office software to make remote analysis and collaboration secure and convenient.
