One size doesn't fit all: Measuring individual privacy in aggregate genomic data

Proceedings - 2015 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops, SPW 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 41-49

  Simmons, Sean ^a   Berger, Bonnie ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate data; Genomic privacy; Privacy preserving data publication; Statistical disclosure control

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; COMPUTER PRIVACY; GENES;

AGGREGATE DATUM; DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACIES; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES; INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY; PERTURBATION APPROACH; PRIVACY-PRESERVING DATA PUBLICATIONS; SENSITIVE INFORMATIONS; STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE CONTROL;

DATA PRIVACY;

EID: 84945951153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPW.2015.25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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