Confidentiality Regulations in Research
Consult these sources for information and guidance concerning measures required to maintain confidentiality in research projects.
- NAACCR's Annotated Bibliography on Confidentiality Protection in Data Release
- includes reports, articles, and books that may be useful to those in need of information on confidentiality protection of cancer data released by central cancer registries. - Putting People on the Map: Protecting Confidentiality with Linked Social-Spatial Data - this book offers recommendations for education, training, research, and practice to researchers, professional societies, federal agencies, institutional review boards, and data stewards. May be read online for free.
- NCHS Staff Manual on Confidentiality [PDF - 342 KB] - states the National Center for Health Statistics' policies that implement Federal confidentiality law and ensure that all confidential information will be fully protected.
- Census Bureau information on disclosure avoidance and differential privacy -