Data Privacy for Record Linkage and Beyond

Shurong Lin and Eric Kolaczyk

No 32940, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: In a data-driven world, two prominent research problems are record linkage and data privacy, among others. Record linkage is essential for improving decision-making by integrating information of the same entities from different sources. On the other hand, data privacy research seeks to balance the need to extract accurate insights from data with the imperative to protect the privacy of the entities involved. Inevitably, data privacy issues arise in the context of record linkage. This article identifies two complementary aspects at the intersection of these two fields: (1) how to ensure privacy during record linkage and (2) how to mitigate privacy risks when releasing the analysis results after record linkage. We specifically discuss privacy-preserving record linkage, differentially private regression, and related topics.

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Date: 2024-09
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Forthcoming: Data Privacy for Record Linkage and Beyond , Shurong Lin, Elliot Paquette, Eric D. Kolaczyk. in Data Privacy Protection and the Conduct of Applied Research: Methods, Approaches and their Consequences , Gong, Hotz, and Schmutte. 2024

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