Amazon is giving its delivery drivers an ultimatum: Give up their privacy or give up their jobs. The e-commerce colossus is forcing its roughly 75,000 US delivery drivers to sign a “biometric consent” ...

Federal regulations require that researchers obtain legally effective, documented, voluntary informed consent from prospective subjects (or subjects' legally authorized representatives) before ...

When applicable, one or more of the following elements of information shall also be provided to each participant: Disclosure or non-disclosure of particular studies presented in the planned project.

The voluntary nature of participation in research requires the investigators to inform each participant they may discontinue participation in an ongoing research study, without penalty or loss of ...

Obtaining informed consent is more than getting a signature on a form. Informed consent is one of the primary ethical considerations underlying research with human subjects. ALL human subject research ...

Health data’s potential can be vertigo-inducing, with seemingly limitless insights available to be mined from data sets old and new. The risks, too, can turn the stomach: faulty and biased algorithms; ...

Note: Always use lay language that is appropriate to the population being asked to sign the form. Use short paragraphs, bullets and subheadings to increase readability. See the informed consent form ...

Ever notice that most things vendors recommend as a way to save money first require spending money — often on exactly the same service the vendor offers? Ever notice that no matter who your vendors ...

Tubal sterilization is one of the most effective and common methods of contraception worldwide. According to federal Medicaid policy, patients with publicly funded health insurance are required to ...

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released updated guidance on ‘consent or pay’ business models. These models present users with a choice to either consent to the processing of their ...

Varsenik Wilson took their first shot of testosterone at the end of March. For the 35-year-old Orlando resident, who uses they/them pronouns, it was an incredible experience. But just a month later, ...

Amazon is about to take employee monitoring to a whole ‘nother level of dystopian surveillance. The retail giant will this week ask delivery drivers in the US to sign a “biometric consent” form or ...