While data de-identification surely has its limits, it is useful in many contexts. If someone is interested in tools for data de-identification, ARX [1, 2] is

While data de-identification surely has its limits, it is useful in many contexts. If someone is interested in tools for data de-identification, ARX [1, 2] is an open source software that (among other features) supports exactly the set of methods used in this study. Full disclosure: I'm one of the developers of ARX. [1] Website: http://arx.deidentifier.org http://arx.deidentifier.org [2] Source: https://github.com/arx-deidentifier/arx https://github.com/arx-deidentifier/arx