Some examples of privacy-preserving sharing of COVID-19 pandemic data with statistical utility evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A considerable amount of various types of data have been collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, the analysis and understanding of which have been indispensable for curbing the spread of the disease. As the pandemic moves to an endemic state, the data collected during the pandemic will continue to be rich sources for further studying and understanding the impacts of the pandemic on various aspects of our society. On the other hand, naïve release and sharing of the information can be associated with serious privacy concerns.

Methods

We use three common but distinct data types collected during the pandemic (case surveillance tabular data, case location data, and contact tracing networks) to illustrate the publication and sharing of granular information and individua

SUBMITTER: Liu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10198035 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature