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Meaning of anonymization in English

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anonymization
noun [ U ] (UK usually anonymisation)

UK  /əˌnɒn.ɪ.maɪˈzeɪ.ʃən / US  /əˌnɑː.nə.məˈzeɪ.ʃən /

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the fact or process of removing any information that shows which particular
person something, particularly something such as a record on or message
from a computer, relates to:

• These protections would require the destruction or anonymization of all

communications data.

• If making data public, use an anonymization process for privacy protection.

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• Anonymization of a single database may be pointless as someone could

conceivably reconstruct personally identifiable data by linking records from
multiple databases.
• All major search engines need to adopt a high standard when it comes to
anonymization.
• Their anonymization method, removing the last set of numbers in an IP address,
has been criticized as insufficient.
• We have anonymisation systems in place to secure confidentiality.

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(Definition of anonymization from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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