On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 15:44:47 -0400,
"Paul W. Frields" <stickster(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I believe there was an instance in the distant past where an
open-source friendly sociological researcher used aggregated community
data to produce a report. IIRC she had access to PII in order to
aggregate and compile the data, but the output report (being
aggregated) could not be used to identify anyone. This would be
similar to the "State of Fedora" case that Máirín raised.
That is a dangerous claim to make. Aggregated data is not as safe from
analysis as many people assume.
In addition, if that data exists it is subject to subpoenas and NSLs.