deidentifying

Verb

deidentify (third-person singular simple present deidentifies, present participle deidentifying, simple past and past participle deidentified)

1. To remove personal identifying information (PII) from data, sometimes preserving the original identification data separately; to anonymize data (though it may be possible to reidentify via data aggregation and correlation).
   • So the first step in anonymizing microdata is to “deidentify” (anonymize) the microdata by removing identifiers such as name of business and address (Willenbourg and de Waal 2001; Ramanayake and Zayatz 2010), but this can still leave[…]2013 July 1, Ger Snijkers, Gustav Haraldsen, Jacqui Jones, Diane Willimack, Designing and Conducting Business Surveys, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN

   Antonyms:

   identify, reidentify

2. To cease or forgo identifying (with).
   • […] will be perceived by others in terms of the imputed qualities of the role, thus making it more difficult for the person to deidentify with that role.2000, Blake Ashforth, Role Transitions in Organizational Life: An Identity-based Perspective, Routledge, →ISBN, page 104