In the midst of concerns over census data--how it will be used and who will have access to it, among others--Information Commissioner Christopher Graham has said that the volume of personal information held and shared by public bodies is putting individual privacy at risk, reports computing.co.uk. At a seminar recently, Graham said, "The government's transparency agenda is driving the publication of large volumes of data. What is up for debate is how best we can assess the privacy risks. When can a statistic lead to someone being identified? And should we withhold publishing data where there is a small risk that privacy could be threatened?"
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