Research Data Pseudonymisation and Anonymisation: A Practical Guide

The 'Research Data Pseudonymisation and Anonymisation: A Practical Guide' has been created by the Data Stewards from the Behavioural, Management, and Social Science (BMS) faculty and the Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) faculty of the University of Twente. The guide provides practical guidance on two methods of data de-identification: data pseudonymisation and anonymisation. Data de-identification refers to the process of removing or minimising information that can be used to track back to a research participant within a dataset. This guide includes hands-on examples of various techniques for pseudonymising and anonymising different types of research data.