FierceBiotechIT reports the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is calling for comments following the publication of its draft Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) policy. The GDS, which applies to all NIH-funded research, “details the need to strip all data of names, Social Security numbers and other identifiers before uploading,” the report states, noting de-identified data is then required to be coded at random to protect privacy. “All data is subject to NIH's desire for widespread sharing,” according to the report.
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