Research reveals de-identified patient data can be re-identified

I think that this article[1] (written by the researchers themselves) gives a better overview of the paper and context.

The important context is that there's legislation being discussed at the moment that would criminalise re-identification of published government data[2]. This link provides the important context that this legislation would only achieve a silencing of researchers, rather than actual protections.

[1] https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the-simple-process-o...

[2] https://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Mediareleases/Pages/2016/...

Research for those interested: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.05627