The section discusses how informed consent will be obtained from participants and describes any signed permissions already obtained. The section describes how any confidential data will be stored and later destroyed. The section discusses the process of removing identifiers from within confidential data: 'Considering that the data that was used in this study was sourced from the first-year college students, it was important to first seek permission from the university. As O'Connor et al. (2017) and Hollis (2017a) recommend, it is important to acquire the essential permissions and trust from organizations, one may be seeking to source research information from. Therefore, the Permission to Use Premises form was sent to the university's public relations office requesting permission to conduct the study. The letter provided details of the study including the purpose, the duration for the study, the risks and benefits and the permission to enter and use the university's premises, such as the conference rooms when conducting the interviews. The Institutional Review Board granted approval to access all student information. Thereafter, the university provided a recruitment list that included the students' personal information such as email addresses. Upon receiving the university's permission, potential participants were sent