deidentification

English

Alternative forms

• de-identification

Etymology

de- +‎ identification

Noun

deidentification (uncountable)

1. The removal of personal identifying information from data
   • 2015 July 9, “Fair Shares and Sharing Fairly: A Survey of Public Views on Open Science, Informed Consent and Participatory Research in Biobanking”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     They asked respondents who they thought owned the samples involved in these projects, with 44% stating the institution, 26% the donor, and 23% the researcher. 58% preferred deidentification to anonymization, and 53% thought donors had a continuing right to make decisions regarding the use of their samples. 72% of Caulfield et al.’s respondents preferred that participants have the right to withdraw at any time.

2. Cessation or lack of identifying (with something).
   • 1987, Frances Fuchs Schachter, Richard K. Stone, Practical Concerns about Siblings: Bridging the Research-practice Gap, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 56:

     Thus, there seem to be normal and pathological forms of sibling deidentification with important implications for those who work with troubled children.

   • 2016, Mark Nickerson, LICSW, Cultural Competence and Healing Culturally Based Trauma with EMDR Therapy: Innovative Strategies and Protocols, Springer Publishing Company (→ISBN), page 239:

     Later on in life, Regina's mother filled her in on particular incidents that resulted in deidentification with their religion; for example, […]

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