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DATA GENERALISATION [1 record]

Record 1 2023-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • IT Security
DEF

A de-identification technique that consists of making the attributes of a single person in a dataset less specific so that they could be associated with any number of people.

Key term(s)
  • data generalisation
  • generalisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Technique de dépersonnalisation qui consiste à réduire la précision des attributs d'une personne dans un jeu de données de manière à ce qu'ils puissent être associés à un ensemble de personnes.

Spanish

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