A methodology for generating synthetic personal information repositories

Mousa Abu Kashef, Seyed Shahrestani, Mohammed Al-Zobbi

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Abstract

![CDATA[Researchers who need to work with personal information face complex privacy-related challenges. In almost all situations, personal information must be adequately protected. In some cases, the research works may require the utilization of data from actual patients. However, privacy and confidentiality concerns can make using such data impossible or challenging. In addition, access to actual data can be affected by several factors, including cost, ethical issues, acquiring consent, and other approval requirements. Anonymization, pseudonymization, and de-identification are approaches that provide some privacy protection. Even so, applying these approaches may not always be possible or appropriate. These approaches are intended to omit sensitive information, such as the patient's first or last name, ethnicity, spoken language, eye colour, skin colour, and the like. Nevertheless, some studies may require the use of such data. For these situations, synthetic data resembling factual patient information can provide the required resources. However, the synthetic data must be free from bias as much as practicable. Data bias can lead to an erroneous depiction of the phenomenon under study or the population. This paper presents a framework for creating synthetic personal data repositories without referring to actual data. The created synthetic data should be free from both selection and cognitive biases.]]
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the International Conferences on Educational Technologies 2022 (ICEduTech 2022), Sustainability, Technology and Education 2022 (STE 2022), Internet Technologies and Society 2022 (ITS 2022) and Applied Management Advances in the 21 Century 2022 (AMA21 2022), 14 - 16 December, 2022, Virtual
PublisherIADIS Press
Pages85-94
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789898704467
Publication statusPublished - 2022
EventInternational Conference on Educational Technologies -
Duration: 1 Jan 2022 → …

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Educational Technologies
Period1/01/22 → …

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