What does re-identification mean?

Re-identification means identifying the individual from a set of anonymous data. The best example is characterized by AOL’s lawsuit 2006 involving records of more than 650,000 people. This vast wealth of information was copied, mirrored, and cross-referenced throughout the internet resulting in actual identification of some AOL customers.



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