Genetic data contain sensitive health and non-health-related information about the
individuals and their family members. Therefore, adopting adequate privacy safeguards is …

Background Data sharing is considered a crucial part of modern medical research.
Unfortunately, despite its advantages, it often faces obstacles, especially data privacy …

It is a common misunderstanding of current European data protection law that when consent
is not being used as lawful basis, the processing of personal data is prohibited. Article 9 …

Background Modern biomedical research is data-driven and relies heavily on the re-use and
sharing of data. Biomedical data, however, is subject to strict data protection requirements …

Objective: The open science movement seeks to make research more transparent, and to
that end, researchers are increasingly expected or required to archive their data in national …

Rapid advances in microarray and sequencing technologies are making genotyping and
genome sequencing more affordable and readily available. There is an expectation that …

After Reading This Chapter, You Will: Know what confidentiality entails and why it is
important in research Become familiar with techniques of securing confidentiality …

Information is the most powerful tool in learning endeavours. Libraries are collections of
information in organised ways to make it accessible to the target audience. The main …

Social media have transformed business commerce and consumer communication, yet
organizational leaders lack clear strategies for using social media platforms to their …

Open Science involves the sharing of knowledge and data as well as the exchange of
research results. This is particularly important in the biomedical field, as it can foster …