Also known as: Anonymisation and De-identification Β· Anonymisation / De identification Β· Anonymisation De-identification Β· Anonymization / De-identification
Anonymisation and de-identification are techniques used to reduce the risk that individuals can be identified from a dataset. De-identification typically lowers identifiability by removing or transforming personal information, while true anonymisation requires that re-identification is not reasonably possible. In practice, irreversible anonymisation can be difficult, especially when datasets can be linked with other information.