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The process of removing potentially identifying data or data elements to render data into a form that does not identify individuals and where identification is not likely to take place. NOTE: A general term for a process of removing the association between a set of identifying data and the data subject. Examples of potentially identifying data include name, birth date, social security number, home address, telephone number, e-mail address, medical record numbers, health plan beneficiary numbers, full-face photographic images). [After ISO/TS 25237: 2008 - Health Informatics - Pseudonymization; HIPAA: 45 CFR, 164.514] See also anonymization.
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