pseudonymize
verb[T]
(UKusuallypseudonymise)uk/sjuːˈdɒn.ɪ.maɪz/us/suːˈdɑːn.ə.maɪz/tochangeinformationthatrelatesto aparticularperson, forexample, anameoremailaddress, to anumberornamethat has nomeaningso that it isimpossibletoseewho theinformationrelatesto :
Pseudonymizingpersonaldatahelpsorganizationsmeettheirdataprotectionobligations.
Any identifiers in thepatientdatahave been pseudonymized.
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anonymize
- This will pseudonymise thedata.
- Information that has had identifiersreplacedinorderto pseudonymize thedatais stillpersonaldata.
- Pseudonymizeddatacan betracedback to anindividualby using a "key",,"whereasanonymizeddatacannot.
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymization
- anonymize
- anonymous
- anonymously
- cryptography
- data protection
- dead men tell no talesidiom
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- privacy settings
- private
- privately
- privileged
- pseudonym
- undisclosed
- whitewash
- whitewashing
- wrap
- wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom