Bancos centrales necesitan trabajar con datos no anonimizados, considera directivo de OCDE

The debate in Costa Rica over the Central Bank’s access to non-anonymized credit data highlights the tension between individual privacy and the need to produce accurate public statistics. The main conclusion is that, in order to formulate evidence-based public policies, it is essential to be able to link microdata from various sources using common identifiers. This linkage enables clearer and more cross-cutting conclusions about complex economic and social challenges—a capability that is practically impossible without direct access to detailed information. However, this analytical requirement must be strictly balanced with privacy protection. Identifiers are considered temporary and functional tools, and data must be deleted or anonymized as soon as the necessary linkage is achieved or the research question has been answered. The approach must prioritize institutional and legal confidentiality, ensuring that the final information does not reveal specific characteristics of individual persons or companies, thereby mitigating the risks of privacy breaches. This case is relevant to the open data movement because it illustrates that transparency and statistical utility are not mutually exclusive; rather, they require robust technical and legal frameworks. It establishes the standard that sensitive data can be used for the public good if there is a rigorous post-processing anonymization protocol. This suggests that true data openness entails not only availability, but also ethical and technical management that enables collective analysis without compromising individual rights.

Source: elfinancierocr.com
Published on 2023-10-08

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