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survey - data handling
All responses received from the survey are stored on a secure, password-protected drive within the Public Health Agency of Canada. This drive sits on a secure Agency server, and can only be accessed through the Agency’s secure intranet by the principal investigator, and authorised IT personnel of the Public Health Agency of Canada, should the need arise.
Any intellectual property rights in the responses vests in, and remains the property of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, and as such, may also be made available to and used by the Public Health Agency of Canada to improve their operations and service provision to the public health community. As an Office of Public Health Practice, Public Health Agency of Canada survey, all data collected, including personal information, is subject to the Access to Information Act (R.S., 1985, c. A-1) and protected according to the Privacy Act (R.S., 1985, c. P-21) in Canada, as well as the confidentiality, privacy and data protection laws of the UK.
Identifiable data may also be shared with the PhD supervisors in the United Kingdom. This will be done via data postings on the Public Health Agency of Canada’s secure Public Health Portal. This site can only be accessed via a user name and password, and the data will be shared through a secure folder accessible only to the supervisors, the principal investigator, and administrators of the portal.
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