Deidentification

Quick meaning: Deidentification is a noun meaning The removal of personal identifying information from data.

Meaning

The removal of personal identifying information from data.

More Meanings

1. Cessation or lack of identifying (with something).

Example Sentences

Later on in life, Regina's mother filled her in on particular incidents that resulted in deidentification with their religion; for example, […]

Thus, there seem to be normal and pathological forms of sibling deidentification with important implications for those who work with troubled children.

They asked respondents who they thought owned the samples involved in these projects, with 44% stating the institution, 26% the donor, and 23% the researcher. 58% preferred deidentification to anonymization, and 53% thought donors had a continuing right to make decisions regarding the use of their samples. 72% of Caulfield et al.’s respondents preferred that participants have the right to withdraw at any time.

Word Forms

• de-identification

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include deanonymization, disidentification, deindividualization, dispersonalization, degenderization, decryptification.

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