Definition: Disclosure by fishing

Category: Statistical methodologies

This is an attack method where an intruder identifies risky records within a target data set and then attempts to find population units ESSNet-handbook SDC corresponding to those records. It is the type of disclosure that can be assessed through a special uniques analysis. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SDC_Handbook.pdf
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ESSNet SDC (Network of Excellence in the European Statistical System in the field of Statistical Disclosure Control), under the coordination of Anco HUNDEPOOL, "Handbook on Statistical Disclosure Control", version 1.2 (2010 Edition)
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