EU Court emphasized that the transmission of pseudonymized data to a data recipient will not be considered personal data if the recipient cannot re-identify the data subjects.
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This article looks at pseudonymisation under GDPR and cases when pseudonomysed data can be treated as anonymous data.
On November 4, 2019, the Spanish Supervisory Authority (“AEPD”), in collaboration with the European Data Protection Supervisor, published guidance on the use of hashing techniques for pseudonymization and anonymization purposes. In particular, the guidance analyses what factors increase the probability of re-identifying hashed messages. The guidance provides examples of how controllers can make the re-identification of […]
The promised benefits of data-driven marketing are at grave risk unless businesses can do a better job of protecting against unwanted data disclosures. The current approach of controlling access to the data or removing personally identifiable information does not control the risk of disclosure adequately. Other approaches, such as aggregation, lead to severe degradation of […]
Personal data that has been subjected to pseudonymisation will be in scope of new data portability rules, the UK’s data protection watchdog has said. Source: Pseudonymised data in scope of portability rules, says ICO
UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published a (draft) guidance on pseudonimisation.
In August 2016, Data Protection Commissioner (?DPC?) of Ireland published guidance on the use of data anonymisation and pseudonymisation.?Guidance provides recommendations on effective use of anonymisation and pseudonymisation techniques. Anonymisation and pseudonymisation techniques help organisations to better comply with security requirements of data protection law. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) encourages organisations to use pseudonymisation […]