[MyData & Open Data] Anonymisation Audit Contacts

[Javier Ruiz]

Hi Edafe

I would agree with Stef (and others) on the precautionary principle, in principle. But if you have to release the data anyway for compliance or other reasons beyond your control you might as well do the best you can. The caveat may be on the word “ensure”.

Where are you based? In the UK most of the expertise is in academia but there are groups trying to set up consultancy services, e.g. via the Open Data Institute.

Best, Javier




> On 2 Apr 2015, at 11:11, stef <s at ctrlc.hu> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 09:16:00AM +0100, Edafe Onerhime wrote:
>> Could you recommend an anonymisation audit expert or organisation? Need to
>> ensure sensitive / personal data isn't mistakenly released.
> 
> best advice - if the data is about socially weak and not those in control of
> society - in case of doubt and, or your lawyers say you got into a legal grey
> zone. don't do it. just drop the project. i mean just because something is not
> legislated yet (or even actively deregulated by the beneficiaries of such lack
> of control) probably means it's on the opposite of respecting basic human
> rights. this is like the nsa/snowden thing, people seem to believe they can
> protect themselves, but they have no clue about their adversary or its
> capabilities. and anonymisation is a quite low barrier. even if there is no
> doubt, doesn't mean it should not be dropped, some data that looks totally
> unrelated to privacy concerns becomes such if aggregated with other data, and
> you can't deny that after the release. just don't do it. at least as long as
> you do not take financial responsibility for all it's consequences.
> 
> --
> otr fp: https://www.ctrlc.hu/~stef/otr.txt
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