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data security  

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  • Data security is concerned with ensuring that valuable qualitative data resources are kept safe during the research process and beyond if data are to be formally archived. Both digital and nondigital aspects of security should be considered by those creating, storing, and curating data. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods; Data Security]

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