tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post7890136007551718705..comments2024-03-28T17:49:03.998+11:00Comments on Australian Health Information Technology: It Seems There Is Some Disquiet With Health Data Being Held Centrally By The Government. I Would Stay Away With My Information!Dr David G More MB PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902724829795199526noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-10829678273891569622015-12-16T08:27:41.627+11:002015-12-16T08:27:41.627+11:00"He also said re-identifying data had always ..."He also said re-identifying data had always been possible, but that it had required a “phenomenal” amount of effort."<br /><br />No, it doesn't. While the mechanisms may be sophisticated, new implementations makes them fairly trivial to perform, and the more datasets a company has access to, the easier it is to reconstruct the data.<br />Once released, control of the "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23447705.post-87045645185818777902015-12-16T08:21:28.027+11:002015-12-16T08:21:28.027+11:00DM: I am certainly not planning to put any of my i...DM: <i>I am certainly not planning to put any of my information in these systems.</i><br /><br />You may like to brush up on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing" rel="nofollow">Doxing</a>, David. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/magazine/the-serial-swatter.html" rel="nofollow">The Serial Swatter</a> is an example of it being put to nefarious use. Trevor3130https://www.blogger.com/profile/08148555743063226957noreply@blogger.com