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Research reveals de-identified patient data can be re-identified
- Sevrene 9y agoResearch for those interested: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.05627 https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.05627
- will_hughes 9y agoI think that this article[1] (written by the researchers themselves) gives a better overview of the paper and context. The important context is that there's legislation being discussed at the moment that would criminalise re-identification of published government data[2]. This link provides the important context that this legislation would only achieve a silencing of researchers, rather than actual protections. [1] https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the-simple-process-of-re-identifying-patients-in-public-health-records https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the-simple-process-o... [2] https://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Mediareleases/Pages/2016/ThirdQuarter/Amendment-to-the-Privacy-Act-to-further-protect-de-identified-data.aspx https://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Mediareleases/Pages/2016/...