Big Data: The Broken Promise of Anonymisation

It is often claimed that your personal data is safe because it has been anonymised, but computer scientists know how easy it is to re-identify the individual by matching the data against each other public datasets. Anonymised detailed personal data is a contradiction – a broken promise. We shall discuss the consequences and the alternatives.

This is a free public lecture by Martyn Thomas, IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology.

There is no need to book in advance for this lecture. It runs on a first come first served basis.