Statistical Disclosure Control

A reference to answer all your statistical confidentialityquestions. This handbook provides technical guidance on statisticaldisclosure control and on how to approach the problem of balancingthe need to provide users with statistical outputs and the need toprotect the confidentiality of respondents. Statistical disclosurecontrol is combined with other tools such as administrative, legaland IT in order to define a proper data dissemination strategybased on a risk management approach. The key concepts of statistical disclosure control arepresented, along with the methodology and software that can be usedto apply various methods of statistical disclosure control.Numerous examples and guidelines are also featured to illustratethe topics covered. Statistical Disclosure Control: Presents a combination of both theoretical and practicalsolutions Introduces all the key concepts and definitions involved withstatistical disclosure control. Provides a high level overview of how to approach problemsassociated with confidentiality. Provides a broad-ranging review of the methods available tocontrol disclosure. Explains the subtleties of group disclosure control. Features examples throughout the book along with case studiesdemonstrating how particular methods are used. Discusses microdata, magnitude and frequency tabular data, andremote access issues. Written by experts within leading National StatisticalInstitutes. Official statisticians, academics and market researchers whoneed to be informed and make decisions on disclosure limitationwill benefit from this book.