Properties of Effective Information Anonymity Regulations

Abstract

In this paper, we develop a set of technical requirements for anonymization rules and related regulations. The requirements are derived by situating within a simple abstract model of data processing a set of guiding general principles put forth in prior work. We describe an approach to evaluating such regulations using these requirements – thus enabling the application of the general principles for the design of mechanisms. As an exemplar, we evaluate competing interpretations of regulatory requirements from the EUs General Data Protection Regulation.

Publication
arXiv