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Confidentiality and anonymity are ethical practices designed to protect the privacy of human subjects while collecting, analyzing, and reporting data. Confidentiality refers to separating or modifying any personal, identifying information provided by participants from the data.
Purpose. The purpose of this guideline is to provide researchers with information on anonymity and confidentiality with respect to research involving human participants. It also lays out three special circumstances where there may be limits to respecting the privacy and confidentiality of research participants. 2.
Mar 31, 2023 · Conclusions: Confidentiality and anonymity are research ethical principles that help in providing informed consent to participants assuring subjects of the privacy of their personal data. As ...
Anonymity cannot be guaranteed if any personally identifiable (PII) information will be collected. Confidentiality: Maintaining confidentiality of information collected from research participants means that only the investigator (s) can identify the responses of individual participants. Regardless, the researchers must make every effort to ...
- Data Situation Audit
- Risk Assessment and Risk Management
- Impact Management
The term data situationis used to capture the notion of data in an environment. A data situation can either be static or dynamic. Static data situations are where data exist within a single (closed) environment – no data in or out. Most situations are however dynamic situations where data moves because it is shared internally and/or externally. A d...
A formal assessment may include all three parts of the process described below or only some elements of it. 1. 1.An analysis to establish relevant plausible scenarios for the data situation under review. Scenario analysis considers the how, who, and why of a potential breach. 2. 2.Data analytical approaches to estimate risk, given the scenarios dev...
Much of what has been set out thus far has been framed in terms of risk management, but one should in addition prepare for if the worst should happen. Impact management is all about putting in place a plan for reducing the impact of a reidentification should it happen. Effective communication with key stakeholders is crucial to build trust and cred...
- Elaine Mackey
- elaine.mackey@manchester.ac.uk
Aug 20, 2021 · Anonymity and confidentiality are mostly applied to case study research and are closely linked while maintaining strict differences. The practices of anonymity and confidentiality are used to protect the privacy of human subjects who are participating in a study while collecting, analyzing, and reporting data associated with the participants.
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Jul 23, 2014 · This paper explores this debate and the implications that recommendations of anonymity, confidentiality, privacy, and identifiability have on the research process. Through examples of past research that have questioned and dealt with the ethical implications of these concepts, this paper fills a research gap that summarizes and characterizes the debate.
