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Pseudo-Anonymization (pseudonymization)

nounverified·updated Aug 28, 2026

“Pseudonymize” or “Pseudonymization” means the processing of personal information in a manner that renders the personal information no longer attributable to a specific consumer without the use of additional information, provided that the additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal information is not attributed to an identified or identifiable consumer.

MWECalifornia Consumer Privacy Act of 2018

Senses

General Data Protection Regulation

‘Pseudonymisation’ means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person;

National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence: The Final Report

A data management technique to strip identifiers linking data to an individual.

Classifications

Entity Type

Control85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

Regulated90%rule-basedr:sens.regulated.framework.v1
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Information Class

Pii88%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

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