Security controls in an integrated Biobank to protect privacy in data sharing: rationale and study design

Table 1 Security categories defined by the TMM data sharing policy and attributes of the categorized dataset

Security category^a	Dataset^b	Minimum necessary^c	Identifiability^d	Research use^e	Remote access^f
Very strong	Entire dataset	No	Significantly high	No	No
Strong	Extracted dataset	Yes	Significantly high	Yes	Yes, under security control, data transfer is not allowed
Standard	Extracted dataset	Yes	Negligible	Yes	Yes, under security control, data transfer is allowed
Open	Extracted dataset	No	No	Yes	Yes

^aSecurity category defined by the TMM data sharing policy, ^bWhole or part of sharable dataset in the TMM biobank, ^cApplicability of the minimum necessary principle, ^dStrength of identifiability, ^eAllowance of research use, ^fAvailability of remote access

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