DE-IDENTIFICATION OF DATA

DE-IDENTIFICATION OF DATA. All de-identification procedures shall be implemented with appropriate physical, technical, and administrative protections in place to maximize security, minimize risk, and ensure regulatory compliance. Data shall be de- identified through a process wherein a GUID is created that becomes the common link across all data in LifeTracks that ensures data can be reliably aligned over time and across governmental entities contributing data to LifeTracks. The SSN shall only be used for assigning the GUID. Other internal identification numbers shall remain part of the transferred data to facilitate data validation and matching and to allow governmental entities contributing data to LifeTracks to use information from LifeTracks for internal agency use.