De-identified Data

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FAU-C Data (containing health information) that does not identify an individual and with respect to which there is no reasonable basis to believe that information within the data can be used to identify an individual. Consistent with the Privacy Rule, health information is considered de-identified: 1) upon the removal of a list of eighteen (18) direct identifiers defined under HIPAA that could be used to identify an individual; 2) if an expert, who can determine and document, using generally accepted statistical and scientific principles and methods, that there is a very small risk that the information used alone or in combination with other reasonably available information could be used to identify the subject of the information. The 18 identifiers are as follows: 1) Names; 2) All geographic subdivisions smaller than a State, including street address, city, county, precinct, zip code, and their equivalent geocodes, except for the initial three digits of a zip code if, according to the current publicly available data from the Census Bureau: (a) The geographic unit formed by combining all zip codes with the same three initial digits contains more than 20,000 people; and (b) The initial three digits of a zip code for all such geographic units containing 20,000 or fewer people is changed to 000; 3) All elements of dates (except year) for dates directly related to an individual, including birth date, admission date, discharge date, date of death; and all ages over 89 and all elements of dates (including year) indicative of such age, except that such ages and elements may be aggregated into a single category of age 90 or older; 4) Telephone numbers; 5) Fax numbers; 6) Electronic mail addresses; 7) Social security numbers; 8) Medical record numbers; 9) Health plan beneficiary numbers; 10) Account numbers; 11) Certificate/license numbers; 12) Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers; 13) Device identifiers and serial numbers; 14) Web Universal Resource Locators (URLs); 15) Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers; 16) Biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints; 17) Full face photographic images and any comparable images; and 18) Any other unique identifying number, characteristic, or code, except as permitted by item #3.