{"id":177406,"date":"2022-10-19T01:04:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T00:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/?p=177406"},"modified":"2022-10-19T01:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T00:04:14","slug":"anonymised-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/data-privacy-it\/anonymised-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Should My Company Consider Using Anonymised Data in England?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a business owner, you will know the need to handle information in ways set out within data protection rules. England’s most important data protection laws are the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act<\/em>. Both sets of rules come under the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO). The ICO can investigate potential rule breaches and issue financial penalties of up to \u00a317.5 million. However, your business can avoid breaching data protection rules by utilising anonymised data. This article will explore the potential benefits of anonymising your company’s information and how doing so may lessen the risk of fines from the ICO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Does My Company Have to Worry?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most business owners are motivated to follow data protection to avoid the ICO’s hefty fines<\/a>. Over recent years the ICO has investigated many data breach allegations and issued many penalties. However, there is also a reputational advantage to processing information safely. Many businesses have suffered public relations issues following data breaches through cyber attacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Anonymised Data?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The ICO<\/a> informs businesses that ‘in order for information to be truly anonymised under the UK GDPR, you must strip personal data of sufficient elements that mean the individual can no longer be identified’<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, the phrase ‘anonymised data’ covers personally identifiable information that passes through an anonymisation process to ensure it cannot identify the relevant individual. This differs from pseudonymised data<\/a>, which creates an alternative version of existing user data. Furthermore, there is the potential to reverse-engineer this data.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\n

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