- All data should be confidential, and all participants should be anonymous and unidentifiable unless prior concent is given
- Participants have the right to privacy which must be represented especially since invasions of privacy may affect well being and raise confidentiality issues
- From a researchers point of veiw it may be difficult to protect confidentiality because the researchers wishes to publish the findings.
- A researcher might garantee anonymity but it might still be obvious who has been involved in a study.
- From a participants point of veiw, the data protection act makes confidentiality a legal right. It is only acceptable for personal data to be recorded if the data are not made available in a form that identifies the participants.
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