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Well… if you know the data is real, then knowing everything about that someone can seriously limit the number of people it could actually be, which makes that someone identifiable.

Like if you only know the full address, and you see that only one person lives at that address. Or you know the exact birthdate and the school that someone went to. Or the year of birth and the small shop that the person works for. And so on…



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