Re: rules for dealing with human subjects data

[Dan Updegrove <updegrove () MAIL UTEXAS EDU>]

Scott,

No such policy here at UT, although we're engaged in a review of security
in the research domain generally as well as the training provided on
security in the human subjects domain.

I'd be most interested in exemplars.

Thanks,
Dan


At 12:39 PM 3/20/2005, Scott Bradner wrote:
> do any of you know of any specific rules for university-based researchers
> protecting data that involves personally identifiable info?
> I know that some data sources include security instriuctions with their
> data but not all do and that does not cover data generated by the
> researcher him/herself.
>
> e.g. "no computer that contains names matched with social security
> numbers can be connected to the Internet"  (so as to avoid things like
> http://www.aunty-spam.com/california-notifies-over-1-million-that-they-may-have-been-hacked/
> )
>
> Scott
>
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