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Vanessa Teague: > I can't believe @healthgovau is still saying "The dataset does not contain the personal information of patients." We have shown many of the

by oska 7y ago

Vanessa Teague: > I can't believe @healthgovau is still saying "The dataset does not contain the personal information of patients." We have shown many of the patients' records can be easily and confidently identified from a few points of medical or childbirth info. https://twitter.com/VTeagueAus/status/1236402085974798336 https://twitter.com/VTeagueAus/status/1236402085974798336

ShroudedNight 7y ago
> "The dataset does not contain the personal information of patients." As far as I can tell, 'personal information' is potentially the only thing this data set contains. Further, the information is so personal that the Australian government hoped that it would be infeasible to cross-reference it with other data and use it to identify the persons involved.
DEADBEEFC0FFEE 7y ago
She might be referring to something link the SLK581 statistical linking method. I did some work with it a few years ago, and you easily generate the key.