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Registration opens for the “Synthetic longitudinal business data international user seminar”

admin — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 17:05:43 +0000

In this seminar, we discuss with interested parties the conditions necessary to implement the SynLBD approach, with the goal of providing other statistical agencies a straightforward toolkit to implement the same procedure on their own data. Our hope is that by implementing similar procedures on comparable business microdata, new research both within and across countries can be enabled. The ideal end result is a series of country-specific datasets on establishments and/or firms available within the same computing environment. We discuss the data and software requirements for the lowest-cost approach, the disclosure protection statistics already implemented that can be used to achieve release of the data in this way, the validation procedures that an agency should agree to, and the likely cost of maintaining such procedures. The seminar brings together academics working on cutting-edge methods for the protection of privacy in statistical databases, and researchers and implementers at statistical agencies that have started or are interested in starting a similar project.

Five sessions will touch on the full lifecycle of a SynLBD development and implementation, and will follow the same pattern. We will first discuss existing implementations and experiences, and will then as a group discuss issues as they pertain to the broader community. Emphasis should be on discussing open issues, specific solutions to specific problems.

For more information, a link to the program and to register, please consult our calendar page.

Funding for the workshop is provided by theNational Science Foundation (CNS-1012593, SES-1131848) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The organizers thank the National Academies’ Committee on National Statistics for hosting the seminar.

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confidentiality

Privacy

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Cornell University

Original URL:

https://www.ncrn.cornell.edu/registration-opens-for-the-synthetic-longitudinal-business-data-international-user-seminar/

Original author:

Lars Vilhuber

ASA Webinar on EU Data Protection

Vilhuber — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 02:47:58 +0000

A Free Webinar to Commemorate Data Privacy Day

Sponsored by American Statistical Association Privacy and Confidentiality (ASA P&C) Committee

Overview

This webinar provides attendees with insights into the new Data Protection Regulation adopted by the European Union (EU) and the policy and regulatory issues facing researchers in the United States. The first part of the presentation will focus on what the new protections are that affect the collection and processing of personal data, and the policy drivers that led to the need to revise the existing privacy directive. The second part of the presentation will focus on the policy and regulatory issues facing researchers in the United States.

For more details, see the event page.

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Privacy

confidentiality

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NCRN Coordinating Office

Original URL:

http://www.amstat.org/education/weblectures/#TNEUGDPR

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ASA

Dr. Lars Vilhuber appointed to the Committee on Privacy and Confidentiality of the ASA

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 03:44:25 +0000

Dr. Lars Vilhuber, Executive Director of the Labor Dynamics Institute, a Principal Investigator of the Cornell NCRN node, and Principal Investigator of the NCRN Coordinating Committee, has been appointed a member of the Committee on Privacy and Confidentiality of the American Statistical Association (ASA). While the appointment is effective Jan 1, 2016, as per the committee’s chairman Dr. Bournazian, Dr. Vilhuber begins serving immediately.

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confidentiality

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Cornell University

Original URL:

https://www.ncrn.cornell.edu/dr-lars-vilhuber-appointed-to-the-committee-on-privacy-and-confidentiality-of-the-asa/

Original author:

Lars Vilhuber