Privacy Technologies

Question 1

What is the method and techs that remove identifying information from data before its distributed?

Answer 1

Deidentification

Note: Once the personal information is removed, the data can be repurposed for other uses.

Question 2

What deidentification method uses generic or placeholder labels to substitute for real data while preserving the original structure or format of the data?

Answer 2

Data Masking

Question 3

What deidentification method uses a unique token to substitute for the real data?

Answer 3

Tokenization

Note: Tokenization is reversible. The real data is replaced with token data, and the real data is stored away in an associated file linked to the token.

Question 4

What deidentification technique generalizes data to protect the individuals involved?

Answer 4

Aggregation/Banding

Example: Out of 100 clinical trials, 99 individuals contracted Covid after receiving the vaccine.

Question 5

What is the attack that combines deidentified dataset with other data sources to determine the level of security with the deidentification method used?

Answer 5

Reidentification