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HIC are a health data ecosystem, on behalf of Data Controllers (often NHS healthboards), we provide access to personal sensitive data in our Trusted Research Environment (TRE), when approvals are in place. We operate within the Five Safes Framework which allow us to maintain trust and transparency in secure data management. We apply proportional risk mitigation in our processes and for TRE Users this can be a learning curve, as you must undergo HIC processes for Safe Outputs. This guide will provide a brief introduction to Statistical Disclosure Control, which we will refer to as ‘Disclosure Control’ to keep a broad definition for varying research methodologies.
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