Nor can anonymous information previously collected be linked to "personally identifiable data" without a consumer's consent.
"It's much more about that quantity of anonymous information that's out there," Mr. Larson said.
But, as with the bathroom-wall system, people producing and receiving anonymous information don't do so in a vacuum.
These allow people's identity to be inferred by comparing anonymous information with data from an open source.
May 2017: updated information on the use of anonymous information for online advertising February 2018: updated information on marketing preferences and use of children's data.
The company says the information shared amounts to "approximately 1m anonymous digital eye scans, along with some related anonymous information about eye condition and disease management.
The site's creator, an anonymous information security professional, said that their motivation for creating it was to flesh out what had already become longstanding observation among infosec circles.
"As for the authorities, we can provide them with anonymous information so that they are able to assess the camps, hygiene and health conditions".
Morgan Stanley's war-roomlike approach to market volatility highlights the difficulties of stamping out speculation in a world of instant, and often anonymous, information.
Morgan Stanley's war-roomlike approach to market volatility highlights the difficulties of stamping out rumors in a world of instant, and often anonymous, information.
We always find Crimestoppers' role, providing us with anonymous information, is a vital route to tracking down the most wanted criminals".
