Re: Anonymizing address data

From: Simon Spero <sesuncedu_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 17:37:50 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
This book might be useful (it's a year old)

Anonymizing Health Data <http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920029229.do>
Case Studies and Methods to Get You Started
By Khaled El Emam, Luk Arbuckle
<http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920029229.do#tab_03_0>
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Released: December 2013
Pages: 212





On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Kyle Banerjee <kyle.banerjee_at_gmail.com>
wrote:

> HIPPA compliant data cannot include personally identifiable information, a
> category which includes address. The "safe harbor" approach where
> geographic subdivisions smaller than states cannot be used frequently
> renders data useless.
>
> The "expert determination" method is always an option and precompiling can
> work in certain cases, but I was wondering what other methods people have
> successfully employed? Thanks,
>
> kyle
>
Received on Mon Jun 02 2014 - 17:38:14 EDT