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GUIDANCE Data Security Protections

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This guidance describes the types of data security protections that the UW IRB generally expects researchers to provide for human participants data, according to the possibility and type of harm associated with the data. Use this document in conjunction with the IRB Protocol forms.

Change Notes

Major revisions to the risk classification levels and modernized security requirements- 06.26.2025
Remove “Zipline” from document title – 06.26.2020
Fixed numbering typo, updated link – 09.19.2017