What does pseudonymization mean?
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pseudonymiza·tion
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pseudonymizationnoun
The replacement of all data (in a database etc) that identifies a person with an artificial identifier
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Pseudonymization
Pseudonymization is a data management and de-identification procedure by which personally identifiable information fields within a data record are replaced by one or more artificial identifiers, or pseudonyms. A single pseudonym for each replaced field or collection of replaced fields makes the data record less identifiable while remaining suitable for data analysis and data processing. Pseudonymization (or pseudonymisation, the spelling under European guidelines) is one way to comply with the European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) demands for secure data storage of personal information. Pseudonymized data can be restored to its original state with the addition of information which allows individuals to be re-identified. In contrast, anonymization is intended to prevent re-identification of individuals within the dataset.
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Pseudonymization
Pseudonymization is a procedure by which the most identifying fields within a data record are replaced by one or more artificial identifiers. There can be a single pseudonym for a collection of replaced fields or a pseudonym per replaced field. The purpose is to render the data record less identifying and therefore lower customer or patient objections to its use. Data in this form is suitable for extensive analytics and processing. The choice of which data fields are to be pseudonymized is partly subjective, but should include all fields that are highly selective, NHS number for example. Less selective fields, such as Birth Date or Postal Code are often also included because they are usually available from other sources and therefore make a record easier to identify. Pseudonymizing these less identifying fields removes most of their analytic value and should therefore be accompanied by the introduction of new derived and less identifying forms, such as Year of Birth or a larger Postal Code region. Data fields that are less identifying, such as Date of Attendance, are usually not pseudonymized. It is important to realize that this is because too much statistical utility is lost in doing so, not because the data cannot be identified. For example given prior knowledge of a few attendance dates it is easy to identify someone's data in a pseudonymized dataset by selecting only those people with that pattern of dates. This is an example of an Inference attack.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pseudonymization in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pseudonymization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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