Social science studies often breach participants’ privacy

One-fifth of social science data sets intended to support replication violated privacy standards, new study finds.

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Science
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2026-09-17
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aem4443
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Data Analysis and Archiving
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Social science studies often breach participants’ privacy

Jeffrey Brainard
Science
Data Analysis and Archiving
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Social science studies often breach participants’ privacy

Jeffrey Brainard
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Abstract

One-fifth of social science data sets intended to support replication violated privacy standards, new study finds.

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