We outline the constraints faced by operators when deciding to share de-identified data with researchers or policy makers. We describe a conservative approach that we have taken to harness the value of CDRs for infectious disease epidemiology while ensuring that identification of individuals is impossible. We believe this approach serves as a useful and highly conservative model for productive partnerships between mobile operators, researchers, and public health practitioners.
@article{arxiv.1606.00864,
title = {Mobile phone data for public health: towards data-sharing solutions that protect individual privacy and national security},
author = {Caroline O. Buckee and Kenth Engø-Monsen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.00864},
year = {2016}
}