Section Overview Before continuing, you should: : : Read the Section Summary : : Review the Section Objectives

This section reviews the protection of privacy and confidentiality in research. It describes the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS) standards and procedures for accessing private information, and introduces relevant law. Case studies help you apply this information. You can check your progress at the end of the section.

By the end of this section, you should be able to:

• define identifiable personal information
• describe how privacy and confidentiality are protected in research
• discuss the limits of privacy and confidentiality protections
• describe the TCPS requirements for personal interviews
• describe the TCPS requirements for surveys, questionnaires, and the collection of data
• describe the TCPS requirements for secondary use of data
• describe the TCPS requirements for data linkage
• apply the TCPS standards and procedures for protecting the privacy and confidentiality of subjects in the context of a research project.

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