We sometimes loan our set of research stata dta files and programs we have
developed to investigators to work with. We have some concern that the
files could be passed on to others that shouldn't have access to them or
that they might just sit on a computer and be accessible to other. It
occurred to us that one way to protect files would be to have a pass word
and date requirement. For example, after 6 month the dta files would not be
accessible without a (changing) password (which we would have to
supply). I wonder if anyone else has thought about issues such as these or
if Stata Corp has some plans or ideas on the subject.
Thanks,
Fred Wolfe
Fred Wolfe
National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases
Wichita, Kansas
Tel (316) 263-2125 Fax (316) 263-0761 [email protected]
