Just as a matter of interest, as we are dealing with this on a research
project at the moment, how do you deal with confidentiality issues and
compliance with Federal human subjects regulations when you mail or e-mail
recordings to outside contractors? What does your IRB require?
Do you require transcribers to sign a confidentiality agreement? Are
contractors required to certify human subjects training? If you e-mail
digital recordings do you clean identifying audio information from the file
before sending it? Are electronic transmissions (e-mail etc.) encrypted?
When tapes/media/transcripts are sent by mail are they sent certified/Fedex
etc. or just regular postage?
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