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Privacy Lost - Unmasking Masked Data

Privacy is an issue which is consistently in the news.  Large amounts of data are stored by retailers, governments, health care providers, employers and so forth. Much of this data contains personal information.  Keeping that data private has proven itself to be a difficult task.

We have seen numerous examples of unintended data loss (unintended by the company whose systems are stolen or attacked). 

There have been cases of personal data loss due to mistakes in judgment.

Personal data has even been lost by companies releasing data after attempting to mask or anonymize it. 

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