Anonymity
What is Anonymity?
The state of being unidentifiable within a group of subjects, where personal data cannot be linked to a specific individual by any means.
Terms that appear alongside anonymity
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as anonymity. The number is how many controls name both.
- anonymisation 3 shared controls
- consent 2 shared controls
- data subject 2 shared controls
- gdpr 2 shared controls
- differential privacy 2 shared controls
- nist 2 shared controls
- synthetic data 2 shared controls
- purpose limitation 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern anonymity
What the standards actually require on anonymity
Requirements naming anonymity across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Any entity that receives a qualifying disclosure must take reasonable steps to preserve the anonymity of the discloser and anyone named in a request for anonymity;
aged-care-act-2024-australia::549-551 · Sections 549 to 551: preserve anonymity, protect disclosers' identity and do not victimise →Give individuals the option of not identifying themselves, or of using a pseudonym, where lawful and practicable.
AUCDR-PS-2 · Privacy Safeguard 2 - Anonymity and pseudonymity →Give individuals the option of not identifying themselves, or of using a pseudonym, unless an exception applies.
APP-2 · APP 2 - Anonymity and pseudonymity →Privacy safeguard 2 (the option to deal anonymously or by pseudonym with an accredited data recipient) does not apply where the recipient is required or authorised by law or a court or tribunal order to deal with an identified consumer for particular data, or...
competition-and-consumer-consumer-data-right-rules-2020::7.3 · Rule 7.3: apply the anonymity and pseudonymity exceptions correctly and answer for representatives →Security Dimension 8 Privacy per X.805 Clause 6.8: Privacy shields what could be inferred by watching activity on the network, for example websites visited by users + their geographic location + the IP addresses and DNS names assigned to devices inside a provi...
X805-Dim8-Privacy-Identification-Network-Activity-Personal-Information-Confidentiality · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 8 - Privacy + Identification of Network Activity + Personal Information Confidentiality + Subscriber Anonymity + Pseudonymity + Anti-Tracking + Location Privacy + Data Minimization + GDPR/CCPA Alignment →Per APPs 2-5: anonymity + collection + notice. Requirements include (a) implement APP 2 - Anonymity and Pseudonymity - data subjects have option to deal with the entity not identifying themselves or using a pseudonym + (b) implement APP 3 - Collection of Solic...
AUPRV-2 · APP 2-5 Anonymity, Solicited/Unsolicited Collection, Notification →Questions people ask about anonymity
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