Defined in the law · GDPR Art. 4(5)
Pseudonymisation
In plain English
Processing personal data so that they can no longer be linked to a specific person without extra information, which is kept separately and protected so that the person is not identified.
The definition in the law
‘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
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