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Comment by gpm

You're misreading it, the definition quoted on that page is very broad, specifically a human subject is the following with irrelevant clauses in or's removed and replaced with [or ...]:

> a living individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting research:

> - Obtains information [or ...] through [... or] interaction with the individual, and uses, studies, or analyzes the information [or ...]; or

> - [...]

The actual legal definition is here [1], and further clarifies that "interaction" is very broad, specifically "Interaction includes communication [or ...] between investigator and subject."

This clearly qualifies OP as a human subject and this as human subjects research.

[1] Search "(e)(1) Human subject": https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/regulations/...

parent gpm 4 years ago

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