Now an official Eurostat publication: 'Guidelines for Statistical Disclosure Control Methods Applied on Geo-Referenced Data' (2025 Edition)

In a previous post I introduced the Guidelines for Statistical Disclosure Control Methods Applied on Geo-Referenced Data. This document was authored by a group of methodologists from European statistical agencies, including myself. I am glad to announce that it is now out as an official Eurostat publication from the Manuals and Guidelines series.

Quoting the Summary:

"Users of official statistics are often interested in aggregates for small geographic areas, but publishing such aggregates may violate confidentiality. These guidelines help practitioners of statistical disclosure control (SDC) when dealing with geo-referenced data. They outline current practices for finding problematic cases, applying protection methods and assessing their impact." 

The 2025 Eurostat version of the guidelines can be found here. The GitHub version (intended as a living document) continuous to be accessible here. For more info on the contents, check out the previous post mentioned above.

Literature

M. Möhler, J. Jamme, E. de Jonge, A. Mlodak, J. Gussenbauer, P.-P. de Wolf, "Guidelines for Statistical Disclosure Control Methods Applied on Geo-Referenced Data (2025 Edition)," Eurostat Manuals and Guidelines, 2025. Link

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