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That's true if the data is PHI, which means that it's personally identifiable. Per TFA, Google is using anonymized data. There are a bunch of companies that d
by wins32767 5y ago
That's true if the data is PHI, which means that it's personally identifiable. Per TFA, Google is using anonymized data. There are a bunch of companies that do this already, for example my last startup had anonymized health records from ~240 million Americans.
- tedivm 5y agoMy last startup does this as well, but in our experience deidentification is not nearly as robust as the companies using it claim it is.
- potatoman22 5y agoCase in point: The Netflix prize fiasco.
- wins32767 5y agoWe had biostatisticians on staff as well as third party companies review our de-idenitification regularly. From a population level we were quite solid. That said, were I an attacker trying to re-identify a specific person's data it would be hard to do with just basic demographic information but if you combine some specific health knowledge (a couple health problems you know your coworker has) or appointment info (date, type of doctor, stuff that may also come up in common conversations) it gets a lot easier.