St. Lawrence University is bound by Code of Federal Regulations Title 45, Part 46 and by New York State Public Health Law Article 24-A governing human subjects research.
All research using this subject pool is approved for ethical treatment of human subjects by the St. Lawrence University Institutional Review Board.
St. Lawrence University's research-ethics responsibilities include the proper safeguarding of potentially sensitive data collected during an experiment. We take the following steps to meet confidentiality requirements:
- All data collected during recruitment is stored in a database that is accessible only to research staff. These data are used only for the purpose of recruiting subjects to participate in experiments.
- All personally-identifying data collected during an experiment (e.g., your name) is processed according to the approved ethics document of the respective study. Usually, any personal information is replaced with a code number, and the list linking code numbers to personally-identifying data is kept separate from the experimental data.
- All human-subjects forms containing personally-identifying information (e.g., informed consent) are stored in secure locations.
As a human-subject participant at St. Lawrence University, it is your right to lodge a complaint if you believe that sensitive information about you collected during an experiment has not actually been kept confidential. Such complaints can be delivered to
Academic Affairs
St. Lawrence University
103 Vilas Hall
23 Romoda Drive
Canton, NY 13617
Phone: (315) 229-5998
Email: cacrcu@stlawu.edu
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