When the primary potential harm is the breach of individually identifiable data, to protect against such disclosures researchers should:

Answer: Encrypt the data/information and make it password protected

Explanation: The data/information that is identifiable by any user can be lead to the misuse or creating any data hazard. The files containing data can be kept secured by the means of encryption.

Encryption is the technique through which the data is encoded and can only be decoded by the authorized user. The decryption of the secured data can be made password protected by creating a password that is the key for decoding and thus increasing the authentication of the data.