DPC Sensitive data, example 2: Political affiliation

Example 2: Data on political affiliation

  • Case 1: the data come from a major political party and include names of prominent members who hold public positions and their affiliation with the party is publically known.
    • Score = 1 (by nature of data).
  • Case 2: the data come from a company organizing events and include the names of individuals that attended a charity event sponsored by a specific political party.
    • Score = 2 (by nature of data leading to general assumptions).
  • Case 3: the data come from a political party and include the names of individuals that attended a specific conference organised by the party.
    • Case 4: the data come from a closed internet forum and include the political opinions expressed by the members of the forum.
  • Score = 4 (no alteration due to contextual factors).
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