Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Data Use Agreement
A Data Use Agreement (DUA) is an agreement that oversees the sharing of data between research collaborators that fall under covered entities in the HIPAA privacy rule. A DUA defines the ways in which the information is established as a limited data set, its use by the intended recipient, and how well it is protected.
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