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Toward a Framework for Assessing Privacy Risks in Multi-Omic Research and Databases.

Charles Dupras¹, Eline M Bunnik²

¹McGill University.

The American Journal of Bioethics : AJOB

|January 12, 2021

Summary

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Privacy risks in multi-omic research are overlooked. This paper outlines a framework to assess these risks, focusing on data properties rather than just genetics, to protect participant privacy.

Keywords:

Confidentiality & privacy IRB (Institutional Review Board)genetic research human subjects research research ethics

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Area of Science:

Bioinformatics
Genomics
Data Privacy

Background:

Genomic data accumulation and circulation are increasing.
Privacy risks from diversifying and integrating omics data are largely overlooked.
Existing privacy frameworks may not adequately address multi-omic data challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a framework for assessing privacy risks in multi-omic research and databases.
To move beyond genetic exceptionalism towards a pan-omic approach to data privacy.
To identify key data properties impacting privacy in omics research.

Main Methods:

Comparison of privacy risks in genomic and epigenomic data.
Dissection of ten privacy risk-impacting omic data properties.
Proposal of a three-step approach for privacy risk assessment in the multi-omic era.

Main Results:

Identification of ten omic data properties influencing re-identification risk and data sensitivity.
Development of a data property-based framework for privacy risk assessment.
Laying the groundwork for a 'pan-omic' privacy approach.

Conclusions:

A novel framework for multi-omic privacy risk assessment is proposed.
The approach emphasizes data properties over specific omic types.
Further refinement and practical application of the framework are encouraged.