Guide to Data Anonymization

Companies are often stuck with outdated legacy anonymization techniques. However, these old data anonymization tools not only destroy data utility but also endanger privacy.

Upgrading your data anonymization toolset to a synthetic data generator brings many advantages. Privacy-by-design is only one of them.

The data anonymization guide introduces common legacy anonymization techniques and how they compare to synthetic data. The guide discusses the following data anonymization tools:

• data masking

• pseudonymization

• encryption

• randomization

• permutation

• generalization