Question

Third party providers of publicly available data sets protect the anonymity of the individuals in the data set primarily by a. Removing identifiers such as names and social security numbers. B. Leaving in identifiers (e.G., name), but changing other variables. C. Asking data users to use the data ethically. D. Letting individuals in the data know their data is being accessed.

Answer 1

A. Removing identifiers such as names and social security numbers

Step-by-step explanation:

The process of removing personal information which can serve as identifiers for a particular individual from a set of data is known as De-Identification or Anonymization. The main purpose of De-identification is to help protect an individuals information so that identifiers such as name and social security numbers cannot be linked to that individual. However, the process of restoring the data back to its original state is known as Re-Identification.