Posted by ert on April 3, 2020, at 6:34:25
In reply to Re: Would Dr Bob reveal personal information about us?, posted by ert on April 1, 2020, at 15:04:05
alexandra,
it seems that you were looking for a "shadow man" and you found it here.
theft, coercion and lies are not so lovely things, IMO.
Dr. Bob does in fact reveal personal information. it's not that he would. the information can also be linked everywhere else. it is online.
for research it is possible according to the hipaa under special circumstances to remove identifiers and use the content offline but not online. that's what i have read.
here it's not even completely removed and it's mixed with demographic information so that Hsiung can characterize the community (as stated in the faq's). but everyone else can do too. and you can't revoke.
as I said before it started many years ago... this also must be taken into account.
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