Re WIRED: Was It Ethical for Dropbox to Share Customer Data with Scientists?

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Simson Garfinkel <simsong () ACM ORG>
> Subject: Re: WIRED: Was It Ethical for Dropbox to Share Customer Data with Scientists?
> Date: July 26, 2018 at 11:37:38 AM GMT+9
> To: USACM-PRIVACY () LISTSERV ACM ORG
> Reply-To: Simson Garfinkel <simsong () ACM ORG>
>
> Here is the response:
>
> > From: Social Behavioral IRB <sbsirb () northwestern edu <mailto:sbsirb () northwestern edu>>
> > Subject: RE: "A Study of Thousands of Dropbox Projects Reveals How Successful Teams Collaborate"
> > Date: July 25, 2018 at 10:44:34 AM EDT
> > To: Simson Garfinkel <simsong () acm org <mailto:simsong () acm org>>, Social Behavioral IRB <sbsirb () northwestern 
> > edu <mailto:sbsirb () northwestern edu>>
> > Cc: Alec Henderson <alec.henderson () northwestern edu <mailto:alec.henderson () northwestern edu>>, Marcella Ann 
> > Oliver <m-oliver2 () northwestern edu <mailto:m-oliver2 () northwestern edu>>, Marie E Heffernan <marie.heffernan () 
> > northwestern edu <mailto:marie.heffernan () northwestern edu>>, Piper Hawkins-Green <Piper () northwestern edu 
> > <mailto:Piper () northwestern edu>>
> >
> > Mr. Garfinkel:
> >  
> > I still cannot seem to get access to the article itself but have been following the article commentary in Wired 
> > (https://www.wired.com/story/dropbox-sharing-data-study-ethics/ 
> > <https://www.wired.com/story/dropbox-sharing-data-study-ethics/> ). The author from Dropbox has stated in that 
> > article that the data which were given to the NU researchers was anonymized and could not be reidentified. The 
> > methods for the process are not included but in answer to your question, if the data could be reidentified by 
> > reasonable means, yes, the study would need to be submitted to the IRB. Any project that has identifiable people at 
> > the outset, or in the process, has to be submitted to the IRB.
> >  
> > Regards,
> >  
> > Kathleen
> >  
> > Kathleen E. Murphy, PhD, CIP
> > Manager, Social and Behavioral Research
> > Northwestern University IRB
> > Chambers Hall
> > 600 Foster Street, Rm 234
> > Evanston, IL 60208
> > 847-467-1723
> > kemurphy () northwestern edu <mailto:kemurphy () northwestern edu>
> >  
>
>
> > On Jul 25, 2018, at 8:44 AM, Kisselburgh, Lorraine G <lorraine () purdue edu <mailto:lorraine () purdue edu>> wrote:
> >
> > Here is WIRED reporting on the Dropbox data sharing issue: 
> >
> > "Was It Ethical for Dropbox to Share Customer Data with Scientists?" 
> >
> > https://www.wired.com/story/dropbox-sharing-data-study-ethics/?mbid=email_onsiteshare 
> > <https://www.wired.com/story/dropbox-sharing-data-study-ethics/?mbid=email_onsiteshare>
> >
> > Simson, can you share with the group the responses you received from Northwestern’s IRB and Dropbox?
> >
> > Lorraine
> > Lorraine Kisselburgh
> > lorraine () purdue edu
> > www.lkisselburgh.net
> > Sent from my iPad




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