De-identifying data: an introduction for advocacy organisations

On Friday, June 19, 2015 we hosted an online discussion on de-identification and anonymization. This discussion was led by Mark Elliot of Manchester University and the UK Anonymisation Network and was attended by a range of practitioners and academics from international and national institutions and organisations.

Mark’s presentation helpfully covered some of the basics of the anonymization discussion – such as the difference between de-identification and anonymization - the former being a process of taking identifying information out of a data set and the latter being a more stringent process of fully removing the possibility of identification or attribution of the data. He also addressed the balance that needs to be struck between de-identifying data and keeping enough information in the data to make it useful for advocacy.

More information: https://responsibledata.io/de-identifying-data-an-introduction-for-advocacy-organisations-a-summary-of-the-discussion/