
Managing Privacy Risks to Advance Health Equity through Dissemination of Disaggregated Data
Law & Policy InsightsHealth Data Sharing and PrivacyDe-identification of DataHealth Information and Data SharingDissemination of data disaggregated by race and ethnicity is an important step in advancing health equity. However, the public dissemination of datasets that include race and ethnicity raises important legal considerations around privacy, primarily around re-identification. Re-identification refers to the ability to use data from a de-identified dataset to identify individuals. Modifications to the released data can reduce re-identification risks while maximizing the data’s utility.