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Steve who? No PII has been compromised here. One would hope that "Steve" is a pseudonym but I wouldn't count on Bloomberg to do the responsible thing in this c

• ceejayoz 7y ago
  The combination of homelessness, first name, age, insurer, rough location, and a laundry list of major diseases is absolutely PII. https://dataprivacylab.org/projects/identifiability/paper1.pdf https://dataprivacylab.org/projects/identifiability/paper1.p... > It was found that 87% (216 million of 248 million) of the population in the United States had reported characteristics that likely made them unique based only on {5-digit ZIP, gender, date of birth}. About half of the U.S. population (132 million of 248 million or 53%) are likely to be uniquely identified by only {place, gender, date of birth}, where place is basically the city, town, or municipality in which the person resides. And even at the county level, {county, gender, date of birth} are likely to uniquely identify 18% of the U.S. population. In general, few characteristics are needed to uniquely identify a person.
• matheusmoreira 7y ago
  How many 54-year-old Steves exist? How many of those have multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, heart disease, and diabetes at the same time? How many were homeless? I've seen people identify patients using far less information than that. It's a small world.
  • drewbug 7y ago
    Doesn't MS cause the rest of those?