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Re-identification is the process or risk of linking supposedly anonymous data back to the individuals it describes.
Re-identification, the process or risk of linking supposedly anonymous data back to the individuals it describes.
Datasets stripped of obvious identifiers can often still be re-identified by combining them with other available data, a recurring finding in privacy research. Re-identification risk is why "we removed the names" is not the same as anonymisation, and why releasing or training on de-identified data still carries privacy obligations.
Source: Privacy research; ICO guidance
Datasets stripped of obvious identifiers can often still be re-identified by combining them with other available data, a recurring finding in privacy research. Re-identification risk is why "we removed the names" is not the same as anonymisation, and why releasing or training on de-identified data still carries privacy obligations.
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