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Governance
Safe, secure and confidential management of the personal data is the core objective of the PEARL team.
Andrew Boyd, PEARL’s Data Linkage and Information Security Manager, has worked closely with the Senior Management Team of the Avon Longitudinal Study for Parents and Children (ALSPAC) to embed a systematic information security management plan into the working practices of ALSPAC. The maintenance of this plan has resulted in ALSPAC achieving International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)/IEC 27001 accreditation for data security.
The record linkage process for PEARL utilises the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL), a world leading resource for anonymisation and record linkage.