Been spending more and more time at work trying to get a handle on the politics (and definition) of de-identification. De-identification, in short, are processes designed to make it more difficult to connect information with one’s identity. While industry and academics will argue over what exactly that means, my takeaway is that de-identification battles have become proxies for a profound lack of trust and transparency on both sides. I tried to flesh out this idea a bit, and in the process, made the mistake of wading into the world of statistics. // Read more on the Future of Privacy Forum Blog.