[MyData & Open Data] Anonymisation Audit Contacts

[Edafe Onerhime]

Thanks Stef, I'll take that into account.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:11 AM, 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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