Table 1 Codes used to perform the content analysis

 Consent form

Consent forms determined the scope of their content and the choices someone can make when s/he signed it

 New consent

Any information about renewing the initial consent

 Right to withdraw

Any information about the right to withdraw the consent

 Context of biological sampling

Were Biological samples collected during healthcare or during research?

 Storage place

Any information about the place where biological samples were stored

 Place of use

Any information about the place where biological samples would be used

 Period of storage

Any information about how long biological would be used for scientific purposes

 Purpose of use

Any information about scientific goal of using biological samples

 Secondary use of biological samples

Any information about future use of biological samples after the first research

 Transfer of biological samples

Any information about future transfer of biological samples, to private or public organization and/or to international structure

 Right to ask for sample’s destruction or to oppose their reuse

Any information about the right to ask for sample’s destruction or to oppose their reuse for scientific purposes

 Type of data

Any information about a type of collected data: biological, demographical, gender, genetic, medical record, lifestyle

 Privacy

Any information about how privacy would be preserved: is privacy protection mentioned and is it explained?

 Personal rights about data

Any information about personal rights on personal data: right to access and to change data, right to oppose to their use

 Secondary use of personal data

Any information about potential secondary uses of data