Privacy
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What is this about?
Dr. Staffee was hired by local government to conduct a survey about prenatal care and later published her results, accordingly to the agreement with the government. A year later, one of Dr. Staffee's students wanted to reinterview one of the research subjects in the study in order to include the new interview in her dissertation. The research subject considered this a violation of privacy. The case study asks how such situations should be handled and how to protect the sources' privacy.