Privacy challenges in geodata and open data

R Solymosi, D Buil‐Gil, V Ceccato, E Kim, U Jansson - Area, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents a discussion of the emerging ethical issue of geodata privacy in
geographical research. The paper highlights the importance of considering challenges to …

Advancing social and environmental research in cancer registries using geomasking for address-level data

HS Iyer, X Shi, JM Satagopan, I Cheng, C Roscoe… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2023 - AACR
Understanding the social and environmental causes of cancer in the United States,
particularly in marginalized communities, is a major research priority. Population-based …

Geo-indistinguishable masking: enhancing privacy protection in spatial point mapping

Y Lin - Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Spatial point mapping is a useful practice in exploratory point pattern analysis, but it poses
significant privacy risks as the identity of individuals may be revealed from the maps …

Privacy risk in GeoData: A survey

MA Lorestani, T Ranbaduge… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
With the ubiquitous use of location-based services, large-scale individual-level location data
has been widely collected through location-awareness devices. The exposure of location …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring geomasking methods for geoprivacy: a pilot study in an environment with built features

S Ahmad - Geospatial Health, 2023 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
This study discusses the ethical use of geographical information systems (GIS) data with a
focus on geomasking for upholding locational privacy. As part of a pilot study in Jeddah City …

[HTML][HTML] The utility of Zip4 codes in spatial epidemiological analysis

J Ajayakumar, A Curtis, J Curtis - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
There are many public health situations within the United States that require fine
geographical scale data to effectively inform response and intervention strategies. However …

Exploring the Tradeoff Between Privacy and Utility of Complete‐count Census Data Using a Multiobjective Optimization Approach

Y Lin, N Xiao - Geographical Analysis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Privacy and utility are two important objectives to consider when releasing census data.
However, these two objectives are often conflicting, as protecting privacy usually …

The Regionalization and Aggregation of In‐App Location Data to Maximize Information and Minimize Data Disclosure

L Sieg, J Cheshire - Geographical Analysis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To minimize the disclosure of personal information, sensitive location data collected by
mobile phones is often aggregated to predefined geographic units and presented as counts …

Platial k-Anonymity: Improving Location Anonymity Through Temporal Popularity Signatures

G McKenzie, H Zhang - 12th International Conference on …, 2023 - drops.dagstuhl.de
While it is increasingly necessary in today's digital society, sharing personal location
information comes at a cost. Sharing one's precise place of interest, eg, Compass Coffee …

Implementation of novel polygon‐based obfuscation methods to improve privacy of agricultural data

P Nowbakht, L O'Sullivan, DP Wall… - Transactions in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Geoprivacy protection is a significant concern when sharing data. To support sustainable
land management by leveraging existing agricultural data, research is needed to identify …