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​Public health laboratories have been collecting and distributing data for decades, focused on the best practice of accessing the minimum patient data necessary to do the job required. But when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the US in 2020, public  health laboratories began amassing data in unprecedented quantities. While the public health system has worked constantly to improve cybersecurity and data privacy protocols, there are many layers of protection that public health laboratories must engage in to ensure data accuracy, as well as to secure data for multiple uses.