deidentification
English
Alternative forms
- de-identification
Etymology
de- + identification
Noun
deidentification (uncountable)
- The removal of personal identifying information from data
- 2015 July 9, “Fair Shares and Sharing Fairly: A Survey of Public Views on Open Science, Informed Consent and Participatory Research in Biobanking”, in PLOS ONE, DOI: :
- 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.
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