David Brown (Office for National Statistics, UK), Caroline Young

Disclosure control issues associated with access to business microdata in safe settings

Because of the difficulty of applying disclosure control treatment to business microdata that gives adequate confidentiality protection whilst not damaging the data for essential economic analysis purposes, access is sometimes allowed within a 'safe setting'. The granting of such access usually requires confidentiality agreements, as well as the checking of all outputs that are removed from the safe setting to ensure that confidentiality of individual businesses is adequately protected. Standard disclosure control measures are not usually adequate for this task. In this presentation, we discuss the problems, and some initial approaches to potential solutions.

Session: 3a   Auditorium   Category: Data access and disclosure control

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