23-07-2019 17:40 via theguardian.com

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

Findings say it is impossible for researchers to fully protect real identities in datasets “Anonymised” data lies at the core of everything from modern medical research to personalised recommendations and modern AI techniques. Unfortunately, according to a paper, successfully anonymising data is practically impossible for any complex dataset.An anonymised dataset is supposed to have had all personally identifiable information removed from it, while retaining a core of useful informat
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