Barnardisation
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Barnardisation is a method of disclosure control for tables of counts that involves randomly adding or subtracting 1 from some cells in the table.
It is named after Professor George Alfred Barnard
(1915-2002), a professor of mathematics
at the University of Essex
.
In the United Kingdom
, barnardisation is sometimes employed by public agencies in order to enable them to provide information for statistical purposes without infringing the information privacy rights of the individuals to whom the information relates. The question whether barnardisation may fall short of the complete anonymisation of data and the status of barnardised data under the complex provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 were considered by the House of Lords
in the case of Common Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner [2008] 1 WLR 1550.
It is named after Professor George Alfred Barnard
George Alfred Barnard
George Alfred Barnard was a British statistician known particularly for his work on the foundations of statistics and on quality control.-Biography:...
(1915-2002), a professor of mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
at the University of Essex
University of Essex
The University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...
.
In the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, barnardisation is sometimes employed by public agencies in order to enable them to provide information for statistical purposes without infringing the information privacy rights of the individuals to whom the information relates. The question whether barnardisation may fall short of the complete anonymisation of data and the status of barnardised data under the complex provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 were considered by the House of Lords
Judicial functions of the House of Lords
The House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, historically also had a judicial function. It functioned as a court of first instance for the trials of peers, for impeachment cases, and as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom. In the latter case the House's...
in the case of Common Services Agency v Scottish Information Commissioner [2008] 1 WLR 1550.