Data Anonymization Tool

Remove personally identifiable information from data sets, so that the people whom the data describe remain anonymous

What are Data Anonymization Tools?

Data anonymization tools are software solutions designed to protect sensitive information by altering personal identifiers within a dataset. They transform or mask data so that the original information cannot be easily traced back to an individual, ensuring that the privacy of the data subjects is maintained.

How do data anonymization tools work?

Data anonymization tools employ several key techniques to obscure sensitive information:

Data Masking

Data Masking

Replaces original data with fictitious, yet realistic-looking, data that holds no actual value.

Pseudonymization

Pseudonymization

Substitutes identifiable information with pseudonyms or placeholders, which can be reversed only with a special key.

Generalization

Generalization

Reduces the precision of data, such as turning a specific age into an age range.

Perturbation

Perturbation

Adds “noise” to data, distorting it just enough to prevent accurate identification while retaining overall patterns.

Data Anonymization Tools Use Cases

Healthcare

Healthcare

Through the use of data anonymization tools, healthcare organizations can safely share clinical trial information with researchers. By removing personal identifiers, patient privacy is maintained, enabling research and innovation without compromising confidentiality.

Finance

Finance

Through the use of data anonymization tools, healthcare organizations can safely share clinical trial information with researchers. By removing personal identifiers, patient privacy is maintained, enabling research and innovation without compromising confidentiality.

Government

Government

Through the use of data anonymization tools, healthcare organizations can safely share clinical trial information with researchers. By removing personal identifiers, patient privacy is maintained, enabling research and innovation without compromising confidentiality.

Why Do You Need Data Anonymization Tools?

Healthcare, finance, and other industries face constant cyber threats. IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024 reveals that the average cost of a data breach hit a record $4.88 million, a 10% increase from the previous year and an all-time high. Data that had been masked using data anonymization tools would likely not have been affected by such a breach.

Automation is coming to the world of private data

A Data Masking tool helps prepare documents for third-party use by masking or removing personal identifiers, ensuring privacy and compliance with data protection regulations while maintaining the utility and integrity of the information.

Ready to use

The Lingvanex data anonymization tool converts private data into text with placeholders by masking named entities. This process involves identifying and replacing sensitive information such as names, addresses, and other personal identifiers with generic placeholders, ensuring data privacy and compliance while retaining document utility.

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Volume-Independent Pricing

The Lingvanex data anonymization tool converts private data into text with placeholders by masking named entities. This process involves identifying and replacing sensitive information such as names, addresses, and other personal identifiers with generic placeholders, ensuring data privacy and compliance while retaining document utility.

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Totally Secure

Only an on-premise solution can be used for data anonymization tools to ensure maximum data security and compliance. It allows organizations to maintain full control over sensitive information, preventing external breaches and ensuring that data processing tays within a secure, controlled environment.​

Improved Responsiveness

Eliminate Human Error

By automatically masking or removing personal identifiers in documents, a Data Anonymization Tool helps eliminate human error. This ensures consistent and accurate anonymization, enhancing data privacy, compliance, and efficiency while reducing the risk of inadvertent disclosure of sensitive information.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How to anonymize data?

Data can be anonymized by removing or altering personal identifiers through techniques like data masking, pseudonymization, generalization, and adding noise (perturbation).

What is Anonymising software?

Anonymizing software is a tool that modifies data to remove or obscure personal identifiers, making it difficult or impossible to trace the data back to specific individuals.

What is an example of anonymization?

An example of anonymization is replacing personal phone numbers with a generic format. For instance, instead of storing '555-123-4567,' the number could be anonymized to 'XXX-XXX-4567.' This way, the individual's specific phone number is hidden, making it impossible to identify them from the dataset.

Is anonymization difficult?

Anonymization can be challenging with complex datasets, but specialized tools make the process much easier by automating the removal or alteration of sensitive information, ensuring privacy without requiring deep technical expertise.

What is the difference between data masking and anonymization?

Data masking hides data in a way that it can be restored later, while anonymization irreversibly removes or alters identifying information to prevent re-identification.

Why is anonymization used?

Anonymization is used to protect privacy, comply with data protection regulations like GDPR, and minimize the risk of re-identifying individuals in datasets.

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