anonymize

verb

anon·y·mize ə-ˈnä-nə-ˌmīz

variants also British anonymise

anonymized; anonymizing

: to remove identifying information from (something, such as computer data) so that the original source cannot be known : to make (something) anonymous

There's an incredible amount of data in your travel profile. So they improved security and created a sophisticated way to anonymize data.—

Dana Hawkins

anonymization noun

also British anonymisation

ə-ˌnä-nə-mə-ˈzā-shən

anonymizer noun

also British anonymiser

Examples of anonymize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In August, the California legislature overwhelmingly approved an NIL transparency bill put forward by the duo, which would require schools in the state to publicize each year anonymized, aggregated data of their athletes’ NIL deals by sport and gender. —

Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2024 Sensitive data usually needs to be anonymized before being used in AI solutions to avoid legal complications. —

Oleg Lola, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 Samples are taken from sampling sites around the United States that meet criteria to sufficiently anonymize the data. —

Matt Stiles, CNN, 29 Sep. 2024 The issue is that alternatives which water down or anonymize tracking risk changing the balance in an industry that has been built on user data. —

Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for anonymize

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