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Enum: Privacy Transformation (PrivacyTransformationEnum)

A privacy-protecting transformation applied to a linked location after the spatial join, which alters the recorded location of the exposure. A deterministic hex-reassignment jitter is the motivating case.

URI: envar:enum/PrivacyTransformationEnum

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
none None No privacy transformation applied; the linked location is the true one
deterministic_geographic_jitter None The location is deterministically reassigned to a nearby unit under a reprodu...
suppression None The value or location is suppressed (dropped / withheld) when a disclosure ri...
aggregation_to_coarser_unit None The location is coarsened to a larger geographic unit (e
stochastic_perturbation None The location is perturbed by a random (non-deterministic) offset — contrast t...

Slots

Name Description
privacy_transformation Any privacy-protecting transformation applied to the linked location after ...

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Identifier and Mapping Information

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name: PrivacyTransformationEnum
description: A privacy-protecting transformation applied to a linked location after
  the spatial join, which alters the recorded location of the exposure. A deterministic
  hex-reassignment jitter is the motivating case.
title: Privacy Transformation
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/microschemas/envar
see_also:
- https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/index.html
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  none:
    text: none
    description: No privacy transformation applied; the linked location is the true
      one.
  deterministic_geographic_jitter:
    text: deterministic_geographic_jitter
    description: The location is deterministically reassigned to a nearby unit under
      a reproducible rule (e.g. reassignment to the largest hex in the same ZIP3 below
      a population threshold).
  suppression:
    text: suppression
    description: The value or location is suppressed (dropped / withheld) when a disclosure
      risk threshold is exceeded.
  aggregation_to_coarser_unit:
    text: aggregation_to_coarser_unit
    description: The location is coarsened to a larger geographic unit (e.g. hex →
      ZIP3 or county) to protect privacy.
  stochastic_perturbation:
    text: stochastic_perturbation
    description: The location is perturbed by a random (non-deterministic) offset
      — contrast the deterministic jitter above.