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 - [Can I use GitLab for PHI data?](#no-phi)
 
 ## <a name="minimum-setup" ></a> What is the minimum setup before I start using GitLab?
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-Most of your profile settings are already populated from Stanford directory when the first time you login to GitLab,  such as your account id (sunetid), name, email. You should not change these.
+Your gitlab user account will be automaticall provisioned when the first time you login to Gitlab and
+most of your user profile settings are already populated from Stanford directory, such as your account id (sunetid), name, email. You should not change these.
 
 You can click **Profile Settings** button on the left panel to change default appearance for your GitLab web interface. You definitely want to look into the "SSH Keys" tab. In this tab, click the "Add SSH Key" button to add SSH keys so you can communicate with GitLab through git command.