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Sickening though that is, it pales beside what MS is doing with kids' already-linked, no-inferences-needed info. On 07/12/2013, Henry Bremridge <henry.bremridge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 03:30:12PM +0000, Philip Hudson wrote: >> Just look at the list of personally identified data. >> http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/testimony-regarding-race-to-the-top-funds-for-seattle/ >> >> > And similar arguments will apply in most developed countries. And the more > you post on facebook, Tesco Club Card, Nectar and the such like the more > you can be identified. > > eg > > http://www.businesscomputingworld.co.uk/revealed-secret-piis-in-your-unstructured-data/ > > Carnegie Mellon computer science professor and data privacy expert > Latanya Sweeney ran the numbers back in 2000: using then current census > data (broken down by zip codes and age groups) she was able to identify > 87% of the people in the US using just those three non-PIIs. > > Piecing the information together is even easier in the UK, as a post > code will often cover little more than a single street. > > > http://godplaysdice.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/uniquely-identifying-people-by-birth.html > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanner/2013/07/22/how-just-a-zip-code-can-tell-a-marketer-exactly-who-you-are/ > > Marketers use the same techniques to gather information about potential > and actual clients. From a few pieces of the puzzle, such as a name and > a ZIP code, data brokers and companies can find an address, the phone > number and other personal data. It’s a simple matter of statistical > probability to find the information. > > http://www.afd.co.uk/manuals/postcodeplus/CensTab.asp > > -- >> phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63 >> >> -- >> The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG >> http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list >> FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > -- phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq