{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4404957942","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-024-00944-7","title":"Protecting privacy in the age of big data: exploring data linking methods for quasi-identifier selection","display_name":"Protecting privacy in the age of big data: exploring data linking methods for quasi-identifier selection","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-12-03","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4404957942","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-024-00944-7"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s10207-024-00944-7","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-024-00944-7","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10207-024-00944-7.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S164062316","display_name":"International Journal of Information Security","issn_l":"1615-5262","issn":["1615-5262","1615-5270"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Information Security","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10207-024-00944-7.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5114975111","display_name":"Antonio Borrero-Foncubierta","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39147953","display_name":"Universidad de C\u00e1diz","ror":"https://ror.org/04mxxkb11","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39147953"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Antonio Borrero-Foncubierta","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Cadiz, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Cadiz, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39147953"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028482531","display_name":"Mercedes Rodr\u00edguez-Garc\u00eda","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0803-4139"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39147953","display_name":"Universidad de C\u00e1diz","ror":"https://ror.org/04mxxkb11","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39147953"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mercedes Rodriguez-Garcia","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Automation Engineering, Electronics and Computer Architecture and Networks, School of Engineering, University of Cadiz, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Automation Engineering, Electronics and Computer Architecture and Networks, School of Engineering, University of Cadiz, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39147953"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079562454","display_name":"Andr\u00e9s Mu\u00f1oz","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8491-4592"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39147953","display_name":"Universidad de C\u00e1diz","ror":"https://ror.org/04mxxkb11","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39147953"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Andr\u00e9s Mu\u00f1oz","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Cadiz, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Cadiz, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39147953"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5022486958","display_name":"Juan Manuel Dodero","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4105-5679"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39147953","display_name":"Universidad de C\u00e1diz","ror":"https://ror.org/04mxxkb11","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39147953"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Juan Manuel Dodero","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Cadiz, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Cadiz, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39147953"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5028482531"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I39147953"],"apc_list":{"value":2590,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":3190},"apc_paid":{"value":2590,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":3190},"fwci":1.022,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.81719317,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"24","issue":"1","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10764","display_name":"Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10764","display_name":"Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11719","display_name":"Data Quality and Management","score":0.9969000220298767,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11045","display_name":"Privacy, Security, and Data Protection","score":0.991100013256073,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8732008934020996},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/identifier","display_name":"Identifier","score":0.7842535376548767},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/identification","display_name":"Identification (biology)","score":0.673110842704773},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/obfuscation","display_name":"Obfuscation","score":0.6199493408203125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.6036363840103149},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-anonymization","display_name":"Data anonymization","score":0.579278826713562},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/heuristic","display_name":"Heuristic","score":0.5496425032615662},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.5419053435325623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/empirical-research","display_name":"Empirical research","score":0.5251034498214722},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.47241535782814026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-publishing","display_name":"Data publishing","score":0.4448103904724121},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.37187010049819946},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-privacy","display_name":"Information privacy","score":0.3600224256515503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.20677748322486877},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/publishing","display_name":"Publishing","score":0.15409806370735168}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8732008934020996},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154504017","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853614","display_name":"Identifier","level":2,"score":0.7842535376548767},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C116834253","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2039217","display_name":"Identification (biology)","level":2,"score":0.673110842704773},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40305131","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2616305","display_name":"Obfuscation","level":2,"score":0.6199493408203125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.6036363840103149},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776945810","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17006654","display_name":"Data anonymization","level":3,"score":0.579278826713562},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C173801870","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201413","display_name":"Heuristic","level":2,"score":0.5496425032615662},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.5419053435325623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.5251034498214722},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.47241535782814026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781396290","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17051824","display_name":"Data publishing","level":3,"score":0.4448103904724121},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.37187010049819946},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123201435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456632","display_name":"Information privacy","level":2,"score":0.3600224256515503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.20677748322486877},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151719136","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3972943","display_name":"Publishing","level":2,"score":0.15409806370735168},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59822182","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441","display_name":"Botany","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s10207-024-00944-7","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-024-00944-7","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10207-024-00944-7.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S164062316","display_name":"International Journal of Information Security","issn_l":"1615-5262","issn":["1615-5262","1615-5270"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Information Security","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:rodin.uca.es:10498/35998","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35998","pdf_url":"https://rodin.uca.es/bitstream/10498/35998/1/OA_2024_1286.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400506","display_name":"RODIN (Universidad de C\u00e1diz)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I39147953","host_organization_name":"Universidad de C\u00e1diz","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39147953"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Information Security - 2025, Vol. 24 n. 1","raw_type":"VoR"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s10207-024-00944-7","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-024-00944-7","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10207-024-00944-7.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S164062316","display_name":"International Journal of Information Security","issn_l":"1615-5262","issn":["1615-5262","1615-5270"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Information Security","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1511224746","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"NextGenerationEU/PRTR","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1650125035","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"B-I00","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","funder_display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3463879373","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"NextGenerationEU/PRTR","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320300","funder_display_name":"European Commission"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8051717526","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"Grant","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320300","funder_display_name":"European Commission"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320300","display_name":"European Commission","ror":"https://ror.org/00k4n6c32"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322930","display_name":"Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n","ror":"https://ror.org/034900433"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320325313","display_name":"Universidad de C\u00e1diz","ror":"https://ror.org/04mxxkb11"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4404957942.pdf"},"referenced_works_count":31,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W964460774","https://openalex.org/W2146240793","https://openalex.org/W2546672044","https://openalex.org/W2600375446","https://openalex.org/W2798649495","https://openalex.org/W2906484232","https://openalex.org/W2951621897","https://openalex.org/W2984726985","https://openalex.org/W3012275626","https://openalex.org/W3026486734","https://openalex.org/W3029269967","https://openalex.org/W3046053253","https://openalex.org/W3080427797","https://openalex.org/W3082424964","https://openalex.org/W3119940851","https://openalex.org/W3129639992","https://openalex.org/W3155299751","https://openalex.org/W3192144703","https://openalex.org/W4221009220","https://openalex.org/W4230575913","https://openalex.org/W4254186941","https://openalex.org/W4281721601","https://openalex.org/W4281826654","https://openalex.org/W4309796553","https://openalex.org/W4366659937","https://openalex.org/W4375928372","https://openalex.org/W4378417403","https://openalex.org/W4379135692","https://openalex.org/W4385653220","https://openalex.org/W4386123414","https://openalex.org/W4387846857"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2888540593","https://openalex.org/W2031844830","https://openalex.org/W3013987925","https://openalex.org/W2741549564","https://openalex.org/W2800037024","https://openalex.org/W2898931495","https://openalex.org/W3130430154","https://openalex.org/W2393528873","https://openalex.org/W2167203616","https://openalex.org/W2777883117"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"This":[1,99],"paper":[2],"explores":[3],"the":[4,15,66,93,107,112,116,174],"limitations":[5],"faced":[6],"by":[7,84,161],"current":[8],"solutions":[9],"for":[10,55,151,173],"selecting":[11,56],"quasi-identifying":[12,57],"attributes":[13,58,110,120,177],"in":[14,38,139,190],"context":[16],"of":[17,68,91,96,106,109,119,128,176],"Privacy-Preserving":[18],"Data":[19],"Publishing":[20],"(PPDP).":[21],"PPDP":[22],"stipulates":[23],"that":[24,41,76],"any":[25],"published":[26],"personal":[27],"data":[28,36,146,167],"should":[29],"not":[30],"be":[31,81],"linkable":[32],"to":[33,45,64,185],"other":[34],"available":[35],"sources":[37],"a":[39,104],"manner":[40],"could":[42,80],"potentially":[43],"lead":[44],"individual":[46],"re-identification":[47,69],"or":[48],"compromise":[49],"sensitive":[50],"data.":[51],"The":[52],"state-of-the-art":[53],"methods":[54,79,89,157],"commonly":[59],"rely":[60],"on":[61],"heuristic":[62],"evaluations":[63],"assess":[65],"risk":[67],"associated":[70],"with":[71,87,165],"each":[72],"attribute.":[73],"We":[74],"hypothesize":[75],"these":[77,156],"heuristic-based":[78],"significantly":[82],"improved":[83],"complementing":[85],"them":[86],"empirical":[88,100,171,188],"capable":[90],"quantifying":[92],"external":[94,166],"linkability":[95],"dataset":[97],"attributes.":[98],"layer":[101,189],"would":[102],"enable":[103],"fine-tuning":[105],"obfuscation":[108],"within":[111],"dataset,":[113],"thereby":[114],"preventing":[115],"unnecessary":[117],"privatization":[118,127],"beyond":[121,153],"potential":[122,163,183],"attackers\u2019":[123],"reach":[124],"while":[125],"ensuring":[126],"those":[129],"easily":[130],"accessible.":[131],"For":[132],"this":[133,187],"purpose,":[134],"we":[135,181],"explore":[136],"recent":[137],"advancements":[138],"identifying":[140],"semantically":[141],"related":[142],"datasets":[143],"across":[144],"heterogeneous":[145],"sources.":[147],"Although":[148],"initially":[149],"developed":[150],"purposes":[152],"privacy":[154],"preservation,":[155],"support":[158],"our":[159],"initiative":[160],"uncovering":[162],"links":[164],"and":[168],"thus":[169],"providing":[170],"evidence":[172],"identification":[175,192],"as":[178],"quasi-identifiers.":[179],"Finally,":[180],"discuss":[182],"pathways":[184],"implement":[186],"quasi-identifier":[191],"systems.":[193]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-04-10T15:06:20.359241","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}