We've had an interesting question come up during an ethical review of a
research project.
The researcher is an occupational health nurse for a private company.
She wants to research the effects of exposure to certain chemicals on
the reproductive health of those exposed. The requirements for someone
to be eligible to participate in the project are quite rigorous; for
instance, women who are taking the Pill would not be included.
The researcher proposes to find possible participants by trawling
through the occupational health records at her company, and notifying
those employees who meet the requirements.
My feeling is that this would violate principles 1 and 2 of the DPA, at
least. I'm not familiar with other legislation that might affect the
uses to which these records can be put. Can anyone help me out on this?
Thanks,
Mary F. Liddell
Information Access Officer
Brunel University
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