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Re:CDC tracked millions of phones to see if Americans follow... by cinntaile on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @06:21PM (#31254352)
https://www.cdc.gov/os/integrity/hrpo/index.htm

I assume this classifies as research so it should be subject to the same ethical requirements.

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Re:CDC tracked millions of phones to see if Americans follow... by peyton on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @06:45PM (#31254538)
Going off “CDC’s Policy on Distinguishing Public Health Research and Public Health Nonresearch” linked from that page, I would guess this activity they’d call “nonresearch.”
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Re:CDC tracked millions of phones to see if Americans follow... by cinntaile on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @07:06PM (#31254743)
I read the guidelines for compliance and my interpretation is that it fulfills the requirements for research while it does not fulfill the requirements for nonresearch. The scope of this reaches all of society instead of the study participants.
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