Talking tech: Handling human names

17/07/2020 | IAPP

In most cases, a person's name is what separates or individualises them from others. That's not the case when it comes to names in a given system or database. In this 10th post in a series on privacy engineering, Kissner talks through various issues engineers could encounter when dealing with names and how to navigate the trouble spots.

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