Ethics, Privacy & Safety
Protect people and trust.
Use this for
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You’re handling PHI/PII or sensitive neuro/behavioral data.
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IRB/REC, DPO, or legal asks, “Where’s the DPIA and safety plan?”
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You’re adding AI and need refusals, bias checks, and escalation.
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Consent and comprehension must be provable, not presumed.
What you walk away with
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Risk & ethics map — what you collect, why it matters, failure/abuse modes, mitigations.
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Privacy by design — data boundaries, retention timers, masking/proxy patterns, access control.
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Safety case — hazards → controls → refusal & escalation routes → monitoring thresholds.
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Consent kit — evidence-based copy, comprehension checks, alternate paths.
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Audit-ready docs — DPIA, IRB/REC packets, SOPs, training snippets, and ownership table.
Patterns we reach for
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Minimize first — default to less data; design for deletion.
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Boundary patterns — tokenization, redaction, proxy calls, and masked context.
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Refusal is a feature — uncertainty → handoff.
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Bias-aware UX — defaults, warnings, and “why this” nudges in context.
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Tabletop before ship — rehearse incidents; close the loops you expose
Quality gates
- Lawful basis + purpose limits documented; retention/deletion timers set.
- Consent comprehension meets target reading grade; check-questions ≥ 90% pass.
- Escalation clarity: who/when/how, with SLAs and owner redundancy.
- Bias & safety monitors wired to thresholds; alert routing tested.
- Traceability: who accessed what, when, and why—answerable in minutes.
Rapid · 2–3 weeks
DPIA + Safety Framework
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Data map, risks, mitigations; refusal policy & escalation sketch.
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Consent copy (v1) and monitoring outline.
Build · 4–6 weeks
Pipeline + field parity
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Full DPIA, consent kit with comprehension checks, SOPs, tabletop drills.
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Monitoring thresholds, ownership table, audit trail blueprint.
Oversight (Monthly)
Evidence-In-Use
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Signals review (bias, refusals, incidents), change-control notes, retraining/UX updates.
Example runs
EEG/HRV classifier with leakage-safe splits and calibration.
Escalation flows for mood-risk features with clinician handoff.
Proxy/Redaction boundary for LLM features handling free text.
Bias monitors for screening tool across age/sex/locale cohorts.
Boundaries
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We don’t act as legal counsel; we prepare defensible patterns and evidence.
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If a feature can’t be made safe for a population, we’ll not recommend shipping it.
Turn ideas into results that travel.
Book a 15-minute free consultation or ask for a sample design pack.
FAQ
Do you handle HIPAA or only GDPR/UK/EU?
We map to your jurisdictions and document gaps.
How do you test comprehension?
Reading-grade targets + task-relevant check questions; multilingual where needed.
What if we don’t want to store PII?
That’s fine. We design boundary patterns so you can operate without keeping raw identifiers.
Will you run crisis lines or on-call?
We design flows and SLAs; operations must live with your clinical/safety team or vendor.
Can this integrate with AI features?
Yes—refusal logic, uncertainty display, bias monitoring, and audit trails tie into Artificial Cognition & HAI.
Need Some Help?
Feel free to contact us for any inquiry or book a free consultation.
