[MyData & Open Data] Study establishes that de-identification does work

Mon Jun 16 18:57:41 UTC 2014

Interestingly, Dr Barth-Jones (in the second paper
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2076397), acknowledges
that those risks exist but make a case (much like Dr Covoukian) that
de-identification works sufficiently and should not be out-rightly
dismissed as generally ineffective.

Sally

On 16 June 2014 19:30, Phil Booth <phil at einsteinsattic.com> wrote:

> Not quite. A report dealing with a particular selection of commonly-quoted
> examples of re-identification points out some facts; concedes that
> de-identification is complex, evolving and context-specific, has to be done
> properly by experts to be effective and may impact on the utility of the
> data so treated.
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> Dr Covoukian fails to address some of Sweeney’s more recent
> re-identification work, e.g.
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-05/states-hospital-data-for-sale-puts-privacy-in-jeopardy.html
> and ducks the reality that there’s an enormous amount of *badly *de-identified
> (or pseudonymised) data already out there- which itself may provide vectors
> for attack.
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> Phil
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> *From:* mydata-open-data [mailto:mydata-open-data-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Sally Deffor
> *Sent:* 16 June 2014 17:49
> *To:* mydata-open-data at lists.okfn.org
> *Subject:* [MyData & Open Data] Study establishes that de-identification
> does work
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> Study provides evidence that re-identification is a myth (
> http://www.privacybydesign.ca/index.php/paper/big-data-innovation-setting-record-straight-de-identification-work
> )
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> (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2076397)
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