Here's an example of what's due today

Privacy check

Tue, Apr 20, 2027 · Week 14 · Biotechnology for Health (Biomedical Innovations)

Today's goal: Review your public health product for privacy and data-protection concerns.

Learn first

What a finished product looks like

This is a model of the work you should turn in today. Use it to check your own: match the structure and the level of detail, do not copy it. Your data and wording should be your own.

Privacy audit and statement
Completes: Completes the privacy-review step of the public health product: a list of collected data, identifiable items flagged for de-identification, access rules, and a short privacy statement.

Data my product collects or displays:

  • Visitor name and phone number (sign-up form)
  • Child's age
  • Home ZIP code
  • Date of clinic visit

Identifiable items flagged: Name and phone number can identify a specific person, so they are the highest risk. ZIP plus exact date could also single someone out in a small area.

Reduce the risk:

  • Remove names from any public summary; replace with a count ('42 children vaccinated this week').
  • Report ZIP only at the neighborhood level, not paired with a single visit date.
  • Keep phone numbers only for reminder texts, never displayed.

Access rules: Only the clinic nurse and the program coordinator should see names and phone numbers. The public dashboard shows only aggregated counts.

Privacy statement (4 sentences): We collect your name and phone number only to send you a vaccine reminder. We never display your personal information publicly. Public numbers are totals only, with no way to identify any individual. You may ask us to delete your information at any time.

Also due today: Submit your privacy audit and statement in the course LMS today.

Check yourself

WebXam problem for today's skill

One exam-style question that uses exactly what you practiced today. Try it before you reveal the answer, then read why each choice is right or wrong.

WebXam-style domain: Laboratory Standard Operational ProceduresSelf-check skill: De-identifying and aggregating individually identifiable health data
Your public dashboard will show how many neighbors got vaccinated. Which way of presenting the data best protects individual privacy while still being useful?

Tap an answer to see the full explanation. Nothing is recorded or graded.