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Maybe I'm naive (and I couldn't read the article - "limit reached") but what all those people have to do? I expected they have a bunch of PDFs not sheets of pap
by pmontra 5y ago
Maybe I'm naive (and I couldn't read the article - "limit reached") but what all those people have to do? I expected they have a bunch of PDFs not sheets of paper to scan. If they don't, ask for PDFs next time.
450,000 pages at 1 to 10 MB per page would fit in a USB hard disk.
- nostromo 5y agoClinical trial data is full of personally identifiable information and health records. Redacting that much information takes a bit of work.
- sixstringninja 5y agoYou can hire contractors for that
- Karunamon 5y agoIsn't that information collected or stored in a standardized way? If we're talking about standardized/PDF forms or database fields, most of the people here could automate that task in short order.
- Rd6n6 5y agoAfter redaction, can the info be combined with other data to reidentify it? Eg, like ordinary “anonymized” data Could these papers be used one day to dox patients’ medical records?
- john_moscow 5y agoThey have to check it for private information (e.g. names of specific people) and keep the factual part without any PII.