# Prof. Arun Sundararajan says anonymous data is now a "gray area"

1 Faculty News May 24, 2012 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031981.jpg?itok=V4OUB0py)>

Excerpt from [GigaOM](http://gigaom.com/cloud/in-social-data-a-fight-between-science-and-privacy/) -- " ... rules about protecting users’ personally identifiable information aren’t as meaningful as they once were. During a recent conversation with NYU Stern School of Business professor [Arun Sundararajan](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) about intent-based privacy, he called anonymity a 'gray area.'"

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