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K-anonymity thresholds
PrivacyReporting a cell-level metric is only privacy-safe if at least k individuals share that cell/attribute combination; enforcing k only on the cell dimension while ignoring cross-tabulation with other dimensions (age, segment) can still expose small groups.
Detection
Any reporting cut (cell x segment x time) with fewer than k unique individuals, even if the marginal cell total meets k alone.
Mitigation
- Enforce k-anonymity on every cross-tabulated cut that will be published, not just the top-level cell total
- Suppress or merge categories in any cut that falls below k
Affected conversions
- PointH3
- RasterH3
- Admin polygonsH3 (weighted crosswalk)
