data anonymization

When the intent is privacy protection, it is often called data anonymization.

Data anonymization is a type of information sanitization whose intent is privacy protection.

The creation of synthetic data is an involved process of data anonymization; that is to say that synthetic data is a subset of anonymized data.

Through the use of data anonymization or pseudo anonymization, every data processing system should achieve the goal to use no (or as little as possible) personally identifiable data.

Based on the findings, the research team formulated practical guidelines and a concrete data anonymization tool that will allow data health information custodians to manage re-identification risks in their data releases and to protect the privacy of Canadians.

Yahoo!, which keeps its search data for three months, before anonymising user IP addresses, said: "Yahoo! is extremely proud of our Data Anonymization Policy which has received wide support and affirms our commitment to protecting our users’ privacy.

Data anonymization enables the transfer of information across a boundary, such as between two departments within an agency or between two agencies, while reducing the risk of unintended disclosure, and in certain environments in a manner that enables evaluation and analytics post-anonymization.

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