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anonymization

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[uh-nah-nuh-mahy-zay-shuhn] / əˌnɑ nəˌmaɪˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

  • anonymizations
    plural
  1. the act, practice, or process of anonymizing.


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“We’re appealing decisions that will force us to share people’s private search history without sufficient anonymization and weaken vital security protections on Android,” Oliver Bethell, senior director of competition at Google, said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Despite these hurdles, anonymization may still be a step in the right direction, says Aaron Clauset, a computer scientist at CU who co-authored the hiring study with Larremore.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 18, 2024

Furthermore, the data feeding into data brokers’ products can easily be linked to identifiable people despite the companies’ weak claims of anonymization.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2023

Google, however, includes a disclaimer in its public reports claiming it uses “world-class anonymization technology” so that the tracked movements are not matched to an individual person.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2022

He said Truveta will be using third party auditors for the security and anonymization of the data, and it will apply other industry-standard techniques to protect privacy.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021

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