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Article History

Received: 17 January 2022

Accepted: 12 April 2022

First Online: 26 May 2022

Declarations

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: When the invitation to participate in the survey was emailed out, there was a link to read the tool presented and take a questionnaire on the WIX platform that helps secure data in connection with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR aims to protect the fundamental right to privacy and personal data protection of European Union (EU) citizens. To avoid bias in the experiment, two information and consent forms were presented at the beginning and end of the experiment. The latter mentioned the link to the basic policy note, without modifying the organizations presented as authors but also the real objective of the study, which was not presented in the first questionnaire. At the end of the second information form, the participant could click on “accept” or leave the page if they did not want their data to be used. No data were recorded without the participant clicking the “accept” button. This study is part of a thesis for which the protocol was submitted to the Health and Science Research Ethics Committee of the University of Montreal. The final certificate was obtained on 17 June 2020 (CERES-18-127-D).

: Not applicable.

: Most authors work on project financing by a European donor organization and are members (students, professors) of universities. That could influence scientific processes. However, diversifying among organizations is a way to diminish these influences, as well as the anonymity of authoring organizations in this article. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.