’Data is a fingerprint’ : why you aren’t as anonymous as you think online
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/13/anonymous-browsing-data-medical-records-identity-privacy
So-called ‘anonymous’ data can be easily used to identify everything from our medical records to purchase histories In August 2016, the Australian government released an “anonymised” data set comprising the medical billing records, including every prescription and surgery, of 2.9 million people. Names and other identifying features were removed from the records in an effort to protect individuals’ privacy, but a research team from the University of Melbourne soon discovered that it was simple (...)
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