Human Subjects |  | Private Information |
|  |  | Private Information is: 1. Information about behavior that occurs in a context in which an individual can reasonably expect that no observation or recording is taking place. 2. Information that has been provided for specific purposes by an individual and which the individual can reasonably expect will not be made public. An individual's medical record, for instance, is considered private information, and a study that extracts information from medical records may constitute research that is subject to Institutional Review Board (IRB) review. If private information is used without any direct or indirect identification of the individual, this would not constitute research involving human subjects. 3. Information that can be readily identified with individuals, even if the information was not specifically collected for the study in question. Private information must be individually identifiable (i.e., the identity of the subject is or may readily be ascertained by the investigator or associated with the information) in order for obtaining the information to constitute research involving human subjects.
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