Paul, You might ask Arvind Narayanan -- reidentification is his expertise: http://33bits.org/about/
-Jodi On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Paul Bernal (LAW) <[email protected]>wrote: > I've just come across this paper: "The 'Re-Identification' of Governor > William Weld's Medical Information: A Critical Re-Examination of Health > Data Identification Risks and Privacy Protections, Then and Now" > > It can be downloaded here: > > http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2076397 > > I wondered if anyone had an opinion on it - I don't have the technical > knowledge to be able to evaluate it properly. The basic conclusion seems to > be that re-identification of 'anonymised' data is not nearly as easy as we > had previously thought (from the work of Latanya Sweeney, Paul Ohm etc). > Are these conclusions valid? > > My concern is that I can see this paper being used to justify all kinds > of potentially risky information being released - particularly health data, > which could get into the hands of insurance companies and others who could > use it to the detriment of individuals. On the other hand, if the > conclusions are really valid, then perhaps people like me shouldn't be as > concerned as we are. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Regards > > Paul > > > > Dr Paul Bernal > Lecturer > UEA Law School > University of East Anglia > Norwich Research Park > Norwich NR4 7TJ > > email: [email protected] > Web: http://www.paulbernal.co.uk/ > Blog: http://paulbernal.wordpress.com/ > Twitter: @paulbernalUK > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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