Just What do You Think You're Doing, Dave?' A Checklist for Responsible Data Use in NLP

A key part of the NLP ethics movement is responsible use of data, but exactly\nwhat that means or how it can be best achieved remain unclear. This position\npaper discusses the core legal and ethical principles for collection and\nsharing of textual data, and the tensions between them. We propose a potential\nchecklist for responsible data (re-)use that could both standardise the peer\nreview of conference submissions, as well as enable a more in-depth view of\npublished research across the community. Our proposal aims to contribute to the\ndevelopment of a consistent standard for data (re-)use, embraced across NLP\nconferences.\n