# Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage — Standards References

## Foundational Papers
- Schnell, R., Bachteler, T., and Reiher, J. "Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage Using Bloom Filters." BMC Medical Informatics, 9(1):41, 2009.
- Vatsalan, D., Christen, P., and Verykios, V.S. "A Taxonomy of Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage Techniques." Information Systems, 38(6):946-969, 2013.
- Randall, S.M. et al. "Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage on Large Real World Datasets." Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 50:205-212, 2014.

## Reference Texts
- Christen, P. "Data Matching: Concepts and Techniques for Record Linkage, Entity Resolution, and Duplicate Detection." Springer, 2012.
- AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) PPRL Implementation Guide

## Tools and Libraries
- anonlink (CSIRO Data61): Python library for privacy-preserving record linkage
- RecordLinkage R package
- LSHTM Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) methodology

## Regulatory Context
- GDPR Article 89: Safeguards for research processing
- GDPR Recital 26: Anonymous vs pseudonymous data
- HIPAA Safe Harbor De-identification (45 CFR 164.514(b))