In plain English
This means information has been altered so it cannot point back to a specific person. Identifying details have been removed or hidden enough that the person cannot be recognized, either from the data itself or by linking it to other information.
In context
In deletion information, "Anonymized data" names the category of data that no longer identifies the people it relates to, either directly or indirectly.
- Situation
- Notification, privacy, data-export, and account-deletion settings
- What it communicates
- names a data category mentioned in deletion information
Meaning limits
The term itself does not establish whether that data is kept, shared, deleted, or otherwise handled in any particular way.
Examples
“The report used anonymized data, so the age and postcode figures could not be linked back to any named patient.”
“In the deletion notice, anonymized data was listed separately from records still tied to her account.”