Language Data,Ethics, and the Law

This article explores some legal, ethical, and organizational difficulties facing Swedish data curators when curating voice-based language data. These problems are traced through three cases where researchers wanted their data curated by SND. Two of the materials were subsequently published in different ways by SND, while the third was rejected. The last section discusses some ways to handle these problems. None of them are miracle cures, but at least they may prepare language data curators for what lies ahead, or clear their thoughts on what is happening around them.