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VOL. 10, ISSUE 10 (2023)
Anonymisation and data privacy
Authors
Walubita Luwabelwa
Abstract
The relationship between anonymity and privacy
ought on the face of it to be compliemntary. In reality, it has not always been
clear cut; for the most part it has been tenous, and at worst egregious. Society
has witnessed a proliferation of technological invasions in people’s day to day
relations and communications, raising concerns around the extent of personal
exposure of one’s information to data collectors, data collectors and even law
enforcers. The attempt at drawing a good balance between the two concepts has
exercised minds of social engineers, lawyers, and policy makers alike. Unsurprisngly,
the response has both been technological and legislative in the form of
anonymity. Anonymity thereby allows for access whilst drawing a line in the
sand against datication and commodification of personal information in the
information market. Ultimately, anonymity allows of the enjoyment of civil
liberties without untoward. Left unchecked, anonymity has been blamed for
promoting nefarious actions such as Dark Web and flips the coin onto its face
for cyber security. This article steers away from the philosophical arguments
of data privacy, nor the civil liberties discourse but focusses more on the
positive promise of anonymisation when used positively. It interrogates whether
the downsides of anonymity merits the call for less deidentification techniques
like pseudonomisation.
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Pages:85-89
How to cite this article:
Walubita Luwabelwa "Anonymisation and data privacy". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 10, Issue 10, 2023, Pages 85-89
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