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Anonymizing personal data 'not enough to protect privacy,' shows new study

TechXplore - Tue 23 Jul 19

With the first large fines for breaching EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regulations upon us, and the UK government about to review GDPR guidelines, researchers have shown how even ...

Anonymizing personal data 'not enough to protect privacy,' shows new study, ScienceDaily - Tue 23 Jul 19
Anonymizing personal data 'not enough to protect privacy,' shows new study, Eurekalert - Tue 23 Jul 19

Anonymised data isn't nearly anonymous enough – here’s how we fix it

Newscientist - Tue 23 Jul 19

It's too easy to identify people in supposedly anonymous personal datasets, but there are ways we can protect our privacy, says Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye

Odds stacked against privacy, study shows

Cosmos Magazine - Tue 23 Jul 19

Giving personal data anonymously doesn’t mean you can’t be identified – in all probability. Mark Bruer reports.

You’re very easy to track down, even when your data has been anonymized

MIT Technology Review - Tue 23 Jul 19

A new study shows you can be easily re-identified from almost any database, even when your personal details have been stripped out.

Researchers spotlight the lie of ‘anonymous’ data

TechCrunch - Wed 24 Jul 19

Researchers from two universities in Europe have published a method they say is able to correctly re-identify 99.98% of individuals in anonymized datasets with just 15 demographic attributes. ...

It's not that hard to unmask real people in anonymous data, researchers warn - CNET

CNET - Tue 23 Jul 19

How easily can your data be unmasked? Here’s how to check your score.

Anonymising personal data is 'not enough to protect privacy'

Daily Mail - Tue 23 Jul 19

Researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Louvain, Belgium, showed machine-learning could be used to restore personal information stripped from data.

'Anonymised' data can never be totally anonymous, says study

The Guardian - Tue 23 Jul 19

Findings say it is impossible for researchers to fully protect real identities in data sets “Anonymised” data lies at the core of everything from modern medical research to personalised ...

Researchers Reveal That Anonymized Data Is Easy To Reverse Engineer

Gizmodo - Tue 23 Jul 19

Merely existing in the modern world means giving up a wealth of your information to countless institutions and services. While many of the places make promises to keep your identifiable data ...