Geolocation with respect to personal privacy for the Allergy Diary app - a MASK study
D. Samreth
,
S. Arnavielhe
(1)
,
F. Ingenrieth
,
A. Bedbrook
(1)
,
G. Onorato
,
R. Murray
,
R. Almeida
,
A. Mizani
,
J. M. Fonseca
(2)
,
E. Costa
(3)
,
J. Malva
,
M. Almeida
,
A. Pereira
,
A. Todo-Bom
(4)
,
E. Menditto
(5)
,
C. Stellato
,
M. Ventura
(6)
,
D. Larenas-Linnemann
,
M. Fuentes-Pérez
,
R. Huerta-Villalobos
,
A. Cruz
,
R. Stelmach
,
J. da Silva
(7)
,
R. Emuzyte
(8)
,
V. Kvedariene
(8)
,
A. Valiulis
(8)
,
Isabella Annesi-Maesano
,
I. Bosse
(9)
,
P. Demoly
(10)
,
P. Devillier
(11)
,
F. Fontaine
(12)
,
P. Kuna
,
B. Samolinski
,
L. Klimek
(13)
,
R. Mösges
(14)
,
O. Pfaar
(13)
,
S. Shamai
(15)
,
M. Bewick
,
D. Ryan
,
A. Sheikh
(16)
,
M. Anto
,
V. Cardona
(17)
,
J. Mullol
(18)
,
A. Valero
,
N. Chavannes
,
J. Fokkens
,
S. Reitsma
,
R. E Roller-Wirnsberger
(19)
,
V. Tomazic
,
T. Haahtela
(20)
,
S. Toppila-Salmi
(20)
,
E. Valovirta
(21)
,
M. Makris
(22)
,
G. Papadopoulos
,
E. Prokopakis
,
F. Psarros
,
B. Gemicioğlu
,
A. Yorgancioglu
,
C. Bindslev-Jensen
,
E. Eller
,
I. Kull
(23)
,
M. Wickman
,
C. Bachert
(24)
,
Peter W. Hellings
(25)
,
B. Pugin
,
S. Bosnic-Anticevich
(26)
,
R. O’hehir
(27)
,
V. Kolek
,
M. Sova
,
K. Wehner
,
G. de Vries
,
M. van Eerd
,
D. Laune
(28)
,
J. Wittmann
,
J. Bousquet
,
Pascal Poncelet
(29)
1
MACVIA-LR -
Contre les MAladies Chroniques pour un VIeillissement Actif en Languedoc-Roussillon
2 ULISBOA - Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon = Université de Lisbonne
3 UPV - Universitat Politècnica de València = Universitad Politecnica de Valencia = Polytechnic University of Valencia
4 UC - University of Coimbra [Portugal]
5 "Federico II" University of Naples Medical School
6 MFP - Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité
7 UFSC - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina = Federal University of Santa Catarina [Florianópolis]
8 Vilnius University [Vilnius]
9 CHU Montpellier
10 Département pneumologie et addictologie [Montpellier]
11 Hôpital Foch [Suresnes]
12 UR ETGR (ETNA) - Erosion torrentielle neige et avalanches
13 Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
14 University Hospital of Cologne [Cologne]
15 Department of Computer Science [Haifa]
16 Edin. - University of Edinburgh
17 Vall d'Hebron University Hospital [Barcelona]
18 University of Barcelona
19 Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
20 Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki
21 University of Turku
22 Department of Cardiovascular Science [Sheffield]
23 IMM - The Institute of Environmental Medicine [Stockholm]
24 Ghent University Hospital
25 University Hospitals Leuven [Leuven]
26 The University of Sydney
27 Monash University [Melbourne]
28 IRIM - Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier
29 ADVANSE - ADVanced Analytics for data SciencE
2 ULISBOA - Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon = Université de Lisbonne
3 UPV - Universitat Politècnica de València = Universitad Politecnica de Valencia = Polytechnic University of Valencia
4 UC - University of Coimbra [Portugal]
5 "Federico II" University of Naples Medical School
6 MFP - Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité
7 UFSC - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina = Federal University of Santa Catarina [Florianópolis]
8 Vilnius University [Vilnius]
9 CHU Montpellier
10 Département pneumologie et addictologie [Montpellier]
11 Hôpital Foch [Suresnes]
12 UR ETGR (ETNA) - Erosion torrentielle neige et avalanches
13 Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
14 University Hospital of Cologne [Cologne]
15 Department of Computer Science [Haifa]
16 Edin. - University of Edinburgh
17 Vall d'Hebron University Hospital [Barcelona]
18 University of Barcelona
19 Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
20 Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki
21 University of Turku
22 Department of Cardiovascular Science [Sheffield]
23 IMM - The Institute of Environmental Medicine [Stockholm]
24 Ghent University Hospital
25 University Hospitals Leuven [Leuven]
26 The University of Sydney
27 Monash University [Melbourne]
28 IRIM - Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier
29 ADVANSE - ADVanced Analytics for data SciencE
D. Samreth
- Function : Author
F. Ingenrieth
- Function : Author
G. Onorato
- Function : Author
R. Murray
- Function : Author
R. Almeida
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 759365
- ORCID : 0000-0003-2888-9617
A. Mizani
- Function : Author
J. M. Fonseca
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- PersonId : 985978
J. Malva
- Function : Author
M. Almeida
- Function : Author
A. Pereira
- Function : Author
A. Todo-Bom
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 761604
- ORCID : 0000-0002-1850-6689
C. Stellato
- Function : Author
D. Larenas-Linnemann
- Function : Author
M. Fuentes-Pérez
- Function : Author
R. Huerta-Villalobos
- Function : Author
A. Cruz
- Function : Author
R. Stelmach
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Isabella Annesi-Maesano
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- IdHAL : isabella-annesi-maesano
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- IdRef : 123241847
P. Demoly
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- IdHAL : pascal-demoly
- ORCID : 0000-0001-7827-7964
- IdRef : 03442959X
P. Kuna
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 764328
- ORCID : 0000-0003-2401-0070
B. Samolinski
- Function : Author
M. Bewick
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D. Ryan
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M. Anto
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A. Valero
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 942762
N. Chavannes
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 791148
- ORCID : 0000-0002-8607-9199
J. Fokkens
- Function : Author
S. Reitsma
- Function : Author
V. Tomazic
- Function : Author
G. Papadopoulos
- Function : Author
E. Prokopakis
- Function : Author
F. Psarros
- Function : Author
B. Gemicioğlu
- Function : Author
A. Yorgancioglu
- Function : Author
C. Bindslev-Jensen
- Function : Author
E. Eller
- Function : Author
M. Wickman
- Function : Author
B. Pugin
- Function : Author
V. Kolek
- Function : Author
M. Sova
- Function : Author
K. Wehner
- Function : Author
G. de Vries
- Function : Author
M. van Eerd
- Function : Author
J. Wittmann
- Function : Author
J. Bousquet
- Function : Author
Pascal Poncelet
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 6247
- IdHAL : pascal-poncelet
- ORCID : 0000-0002-8277-3490
- IdRef : 069260613
Abstract
Background: Collecting data on the localization of users is a key issue for the MASK (Mobile Airways Sentinel networK: the Allergy Diary) App. Data anonymization is a method of sanitization for privacy. The European Commission’s Article 29 Working Party stated that geolocation information is personal data.
To assess geolocation using the MASK method and to compare two anonymization methods in the MASK database to find an optimal privacy method.
Methods: Geolocation was studied for all people who used the Allergy Diary App from December 2015 to November 2017 and who reported medical outcomes. Two different anonymization methods have been evaluated: Noise addition (randomization) and k-anonymity (generalization).
Results: Ninety-three thousand one hundred and sixteen days of VAS were collected from 8535 users and 54,500 (58. 5%) were geolocalized, corresponding to 5428 users. Noise addition was found to be less accurate than k-anonymity using MASK data to protect the users’ life privacy.
Discussion: k-anonymity is an acceptable method for the anonymization of MASK data and results can be used for other databases.
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