The subject of this report is the re-identification of individuals in the Myki public transport dataset released as part of the Melbourne Datathon 2018. We demonstrate the ease with which we were able to re-identify ourselves, our co-travellers, and complete strangers; our analysis raises concerns about the nature and granularity of the data released, in particular the ability to identify vulnerable or sensitive groups.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1908.05004,
title = {Stop the Open Data Bus, We Want to Get Off},
author = {Chris Culnane and A/Benjamin I. P. Rubinstein and A/Vanessa Teague},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.05004},
year = {2024}
}