If surveillance data are shared with partner services programs, what protections does CDC recommend those programs implement to ensure that confidentiality and data security are maintained?
A. Partner services data for STDs/HIV, with or without data obtained from disease reporting systems, are among the most sensitive public health data routinely collected and merit careful protection. For this reason, the new Recommendations encourage all partner services programs—whether they share data with surveillance programs or not—to establish and follow strict, jurisdiction-specific guidelines, policies, and procedures for information security and confidentiality. An appendix to the Recommendations outlines a set of guiding principles and standards which should be in place before partner services and surveillance programs share individual-level data. Guiding principles include maintaining data in a physically and technically secure environment, outlining procedures for authorized role-based access, establishing procedures for thorough investigation of security breaches, and ongoing review of policies and procedures to continually improve data protections. The standards, which wer
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