title: Can a database be anonymous?
abstract: Sensitive data are most often indirectly identifiable and so need to be rendered anonymous in order to ensure privacy. Statistical methods to provide anonymity require data perturbation and so generate data processing difficulties. Encryption methods, while preserving confidentiality, do not require data modification.
authors.affiliation: Dijon University Hospital, Medical Informatics Department, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quantin
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Allaert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: d'Athis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dusserre
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016494:Computer Security; D006801:Humans