Practice question
A service provider replaces patients' names with codes. Its staff can consult a retained key that links each code directly to a particular patient. Coded records contain diagnoses. The provider says replacing names removed both personal and sensitive status, even though the key remains usable. Which assessment best follows RA 10173's definitions?
- The claim fails because the retained linkage identifies patients and the records concern their health.
- The claim succeeds because only a written full name can identify a person.
- The claim succeeds because diagnoses are never sensitive.
- The claim succeeds if the provider calls the data anonymous.
- The claim fails only when the key is published on the internet.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 10173, section 3(g), (k), and (l), https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2012/ra_10173_2012.html
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