We have a series of Policies and Procedures relating to IT Security and data handling. We have a secure data area which holds cohort survey information for life long studies going back 70 years.
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The monetary value of these studies to the business is very high, as the data can be used by a lot of researchers for different purposes.
They are among the most long-standing and respected cohort studies going back that amount of time. Maintaining security is very important to us as we hold a subset of NHS data which are personally identifiable; the system therefore has to be given the utmost protection and consideration. In addition, we provide Anti-Virus software, Email Spam Filtering and Information on General Security Precautions.