Bloomberg talks with Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Alexander Dix on the U.S. NSA scandal, Big Data technologies and privacy concerns within the commercial sector. When it comes to anonymization, Dix says while it’s true that it’s possible for anonymized data to be linked to individuals, it “does not make anonymization a useless process. It is still better than having outright personal data on the Internet or pseudonymized data…” As far as essential aspects that should be applied in new privacy regulations, Dix says telecommunications surveillance should be the exception and not the rule and adds that data minimization is essential.
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