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Hi members! The ASA has been asked for input on the National Privacy Research Strategy… specifically, which research areas outlined in the document would be the most promising for collaboration between statisticians and security/privacy researchers. Here are the topics:

• Foster multidisciplinary approach to privacy research and solutions;
• Understand and measure privacy desires and impacts;
• Develop system design methods that incorporate privacy desires, requirements, and controls;
• Increase transparency of data collection, sharing, use, and retention;
• Assure that information flows and use are consistent with privacy rules;
• Develop approaches for remediation and recovery; and
• Reduce privacy risks of analytical algorithms.

Some proposed topics include record linkage, data dissemination strategies, data access protocols, input and integration, more research on evaluating sensitive variables in administrative and survey data, and collection and use of essential versus auxiliary information. What are your thoughts? Does anyone know of any statisticians active in these areas of research? Are there any topics not listed that should be considered? Let us know by replying here or emailing me at nussbaum@amstat.org. Thanks!

Hi members! The ASA has been asked for input on the National Privacy Research Strategy… specifically, which research areas outlined in the document would be the most promising for collaboration between statisticians and security/privacy researchers. Here are the topics:

• Foster multidisciplinary approach to privacy research and solutions;
• Understand and measure privacy desires and impacts;
• Develop system design methods that incorporate privacy desires, requirements, and controls;
• Increase transparency of data collection, sharing, use, and retention;
• Assure that information flows and use are consistent with privacy rules;
• Develop approaches for remediation and recovery; and
• Reduce privacy risks of analytical algorithms.

Some proposed topics include record linkage, data dissemination strategies, data access protocols, input and integration, more research on evaluating sensitive variables in administrative and survey data, and collection and use of essential versus auxiliary information. What are your thoughts? Does anyone know of any statisticians active in these areas of research? Are there any topics not listed that should be considered? Let us know by replying here or emailing me at nussbaum@amstat.org. Thanks!

Hi members! The ASA has been asked for input on the National Privacy Research Strategy… specifically, which research areas outlined in the document would be the most promising for collaboration between statisticians and security/privacy researchers. Here are the topics:

• Foster multidisciplinary approach to privacy research and solutions;
• Understand and measure privacy desires and impacts;
• Develop system design methods that incorporate privacy desires, requirements, and controls;
• Increase transparency of data collection, sharing, use, and retention;
• Assure that information flows and use are consistent with privacy rules;
• Develop approaches for remediation and recovery; and
• Reduce privacy risks of analytical algorithms.

Some proposed topics include record linkage, data dissemination strategies, data access protocols, input and integration, more research on evaluating sensitive variables in administrative and survey data, and collection and use of essential versus auxiliary information. What are your thoughts? Does anyone know of any statisticians active in these areas of research? Are there any topics not listed that should be considered? Let us know by replying here or emailing me at nussbaum@amstat.org. Thanks!