This document discusses risks and mitigations when releasing data. It defines risk as the probability of something happening multiplied by the resulting cost or benefit. There are risks of physical harm, legal harm, reputational harm, and privacy breaches to data subjects, collectors, processors, and those releasing the data. Risk levels can be low, medium, or high. The document provides strategies for mitigating risks such as considering partial data releases, including locals to assess risks in local languages/contexts, and being aware of how data may interact with other datasets. It also discusses handling personally identifiable information by learning to spot red flags like names, addresses, exact locations, codes, and uncommon terms that could identify individuals.