Records / De-identification rules
We say de-identified, with the measured risk
We call data de-identified and state the measured risk and the threshold it met. We call it anonymous only for a named recipient after the independent test, not as a label.
Dated 7 Jul 2026Source checked 15 Oct 2026Page out of reach at the last check, 16 Oct 2026Basis: our standard
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“this document uses the phrase de-identification to describe this process and recommends avoiding the phrase anonymization, which is typically used to indicate that the de-identification process cannot be reversed, and there is no technical mechanism to ensure that de-identified data cannot be re-identified.”
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