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Table 3 Strengths and weaknesses of anonymization tools (adapted from [13])

From: Geolocation with respect to personal privacy for the Allergy Diary app - a MASK study

 

Is singling out still a risk?

Is linkability still a risk?

Is inference still a risk?

Spoiling DB

Pseudonymisation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Noise addition

Yes

Yes

May not

May

k-anonymity(general)

No

May not

May not

No

k-anonymity on MASK-DB

No

No

No

No