Geolocation with respect to personal privacy for the Allergy Diary app - a MASK study

Samreth, D.; Arnavielhe, S.; Ingenrieth, F.; Bedbrook, A; Onorato, G. L.; Murray, R.; Almeida, R.; Mizani, M. A.; Fonseca, J.; Costa, E.; Malva, J.; Morais-Almeida, M.; PEREIRA, A. M.; Todo-Bom, A; Menditto, E; Stellato, C; Ventura, M T; Larenas-Linnemann, D.; Fuentes-Pérez, J-M.; Huerta-Villalobos, Y. R.; Cruz, A A; Stelmach, R; Da Silva, J.; Emuzyte, R; Kvedariene, V; Valiulis, A; Annesi-Maesano, I; Bosse, I; Demoly, P; Devillier, P; Fontaine, J. F.; Kuna, P; Samoliński, B.; Klimek, L.; Mösges, R; Pfaar, O; Shamai, S.; Bewick, M; Ryan, D.; Sheikh, A.; Anto, J. M.; Cardona, V; Mullol, J; Valero, A.; Chavannes, N. H.; Fokkens, W. J.; Reitsma, S; Roller-Wirnsberger, R E; Tomazic, P V; Haahtela, T.; Toppila-Salmi, S; Valovirta, E.; Makris, M.; Papadopoulos, N G; Prokopakis, E P; Psarros, F; Gemicioglu, B; Yorgancioglu, A.; Bindslev-Jensen, C.; Eller, E; Kull, I; Wickman, M; Bachert, C.; Hellings, P W; Pugin, B; Bosnic-Anticevich, S; O’Hehir, R. E.; Kolek, V; Sova, M.; Wehner, K.; De Vries, G; van Eerd, M; Laune, D; Wittmann, J.; Bousquet, J.; Poncelet, P.; Agache, I; Angles, R; Asayag, E; Bacci, E.; Baiardini, I; Baroni, I.; Barreto, B A; Basagana, X.; Bedolla-Barajas, M; Bergmann, K. C.; Bertorello, L; Bialek, S; Bieber, T; Bjermer, L; Blua, A; Bochenska Marciniak, M; Bogus-Buczynska, I; Bouchard, J.; Bourret, R; Briedis, V; Bucca, C; Buonaiuto, R; Burguete Cabanas, M T; Caiazza, D; Caillot, D.; Caimmi, D; Camargos, P.; Canfora, G; Carriazo, A. M.; Cartier, C; Carla Carvalho Coelho, A.; Castellano, G; Cecchi, L; Ciaravolo, M M; Cingi, C; Ciceran, A; Colas, L.; Colgan, E.; Coll, J.; Conforti, D; Correia da Sousa, J.; Cortés-Grimaldo, R M; Corti, F; Costa, D J; Costa Dominguez, M. C.; Courbis, A L; Custovic, A; Czarlewski, W; Dario, C; Dauvilliers, Y; De Carlo, G.; De Blay, F.; Dedeu, T; de Fátima Emerson, M.; De Feo, G; Garcia Cruz, M H; De Martino, B.; de Paula Motta Rubini, N.; Di Capua Ercolano, S; Di Carluccio, N.; Dray, G.; Dubakiene, R; Espinoza-Contreras, J. M.; Estrada-Cardona, A; Farrell, J.; Farsi, A; Ferreira de Mello, J.; FERRERO, J.; Forti, S.; Garcia-Aymerich, J.; Gálvez-Romero, J L; García-Cobas, C I; Gerth van Wijk, R.; Guidacci, M; Gómez-Vera, J; Guldemond, N. A.; Gutter, Z.; Hajjam, J; Hernández, L.; Illario, M.; Ivancevich, J C; Jares, E.; Joos, G.; Just, J; Kalayci, O; Kalyoncu, A F; Karjalainen, J.; Keil, T; Khaltaev, N; Kowalski, M L; Krzych-Fałta, E.; Kupczyk, M; Lacwik, P.; Lauri, D; Lavrut, J.; Lessa, M. A.; Levato, G.; Lewis, L.; Lieten, I.; Lipiec, A.; Louis, R.; Luna-Pech, J. A.; Maciej, K.; Magnan, A.; Maspero, J F; Mathieu-Dupas, E; Matos, A. L.; Mayora, O; Medina-Ávalos, M. A.; Melén, E; Millot-Keurinck, J.; Moda, G; Morato-Castro, F. F.; Moura Santo, P.; Mota-Pinto, A; Murraro, A.; Nalin, M.; Nogues, M.; Novellino, E.; Napoli, L.; Neffen, H; Palkonen, S; Passalacqua, G.; Pepin, J L; Persico, M.; Picard, R; Portejoie, F.; Pozzi, A. C.; Price, D.; Puy, R; Przemecka-Green, M.; Raciborski, F; Rajabian-Soderlund, R.; Ribeirinho, I.; Rimmer, J.; Rizzo, J A; Rizzo, M C; Robalo-Cordeiro, C.; Rodó, X; Rodrigues Valle, S.; Rodríguez-González, M.; Rolla, G; Romano, A.; Romano, M.; Rosario, N; Salimäki, J; Sierra, M.; Simons, F. E. R.; Solé, D; Sorlini, M.; Spranger, O; Stellato A, C.; Strozek, J.; Stukas, R.; Sutherland, M.; Szylling, A.; Tebyriçá, J. N.; Thibaudon, M; Tibaldi, V; Tomazic, P.; Trama, U.; Triggiani, M; Urrutia-Pereira, M; VandenPlas, O; Vasankari, T; Vatrella, A; Verissimo, M. T.; Viart, F.; Williams, S.; Wagenmann, M; Westman, M; Wroczynski, P; Zernotti, E.; Zurbierber, T.; Zubrinich, C.; Zurkuhlen, A.

doi:10.1186/s40413-018-0194-3

Record: found
Abstract: found
Article: found

Is Open Access

Geolocation with respect to personal privacy for the Allergy Diary app - a MASK study

Author(s): D. Samreth , S. Arnavielhe , F. Ingenrieth , A. Bedbrook , G.L. Onorato , R. Murray , R. Almeida , M.A. Mizani , J. Fonseca , E. Costa , J. Malva , M. Morais-Almeida , A.M. Pereira , A. Todo-Bom , E. Menditto , C. Stellato , M.T. Ventura , D. Larenas-Linnemann , J-M. Fuentes-Pérez , Y.R. Huerta-Villalobos , A.A. Cruz , R. Stelmach , J. da Silva , R. Emuzyte , V. Kvedariene , A. Valiulis , I. Annesi-Maesano , I. Bosse , P. Demoly , P. Devillier , J.F. Fontaine , P. Kuna , B. Samolinski , L. Klimek , R. Mösges , O. Pfaar , S. Shamai , M. Bewick , D. Ryan , A. Sheikh , J.M. Anto , V. Cardona , J. Mullol , A. Valero , N.H. Chavannes , W.J. Fokkens , S. Reitsma , R.E. Roller-Wirnsberger , P.V. Tomazic , T. Haahtela , S. Toppila-Salmi , E. Valovirta , M. Makris , N.G. Papadopoulos , E.P. Prokopakis , F. Psarros , B. Gemicioğlu , A. Yorgancioglu , C. Bindslev-Jensen , E. Eller , I. Kull , M. Wickman , C. Bachert , P.W. Hellings , B. Pugin , S. Bosnic-Anticevich , R.E. O’Hehir , V. Kolek , M. Sova , K. Wehner , G. De Vries , M. van Eerd , D. Laune , J. Wittmann , J. Bousquet , P. Poncelet

Publication date Created: 2018

Publication date (Print): 2018

Journal: World Allergy Organization Journal

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Read this article at

ScienceOpen Publisher

There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

Abstract

Background Collecting data on the localization of users is a key issue for the MASK (Mobile Airways Sentinel networK: the Allergy Diary) App. Data anonymization is a method of sanitization for privacy. The European Commission’s Article 29 Working Party stated that geolocation information is personal data. To assess geolocation using the MASK method and to compare two anonymization methods in the MASK database to find an optimal privacy method. Methods Geolocation was studied for all people who used the Allergy Diary App from December 2015 to November 2017 and who reported medical outcomes. Two different anonymization methods have been evaluated: Noise addition (randomization) and k-anonymity (generalization). Results Ninety-three thousand one hundred and sixteen days of VAS were collected from 8535 users and 54,500 (58.5%) were geolocalized, corresponding to 5428 users. Noise addition was found to be less accurate than k-anonymity using MASK data to protect the users’ life privacy. Discussion k-anonymity is an acceptable method for the anonymization of MASK data and results can be used for other databases.