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A GUIDE TO BASIC ANONYMISATION
ANNEX E: ANONYMISATION TOOLS The following is a list of some commercial or open-source anonymisation tools. Tool
Description
URL
Amnesia
Amnesia anonymisation tool is a software used locally to anonymise personal and sensitive data. It currently supports k-anonymity and km-anonymity guarantees.
https://amnesia.openaire.eu/
Arcad DOTAnonymizer
DOT-Anonymizer is a tool that maintains the confidentiality of test data by concealing personal information. It works by anonymising personal data while preserving its format and type.
https://www.arcadsoftware.com/dot/datamasking/dot-anonymizer/
ARGUS
ARGUS stands for “Anti Reidentification General Utility System”. The tool uses a wide range of different statistical anonymisation methods such as global recoding (grouping of categories), local suppression, randomisation, adding noise, microaggregation, top- and bottom coding. It can also be used to generate synthetic data.
https://research.cbs.nl/casc/mu.htm
ARX
ARX is an open-source software for anonymising sensitive personal data.
https://arx.deidentifier.org/
Eclipse
Eclipse is a suite of tools from Privacy Analytics that facilitates anonymisation of health data.
https://privacy-analytics.com/health-dataprivacy/health-data-software/
sdcMicro
sdcMicro is used to generate anonymised microdata such as public and scientific use files. It supports different risk estimation methods.
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ sdcMicro/index.html
UTD Anonymisation Toolbox
UT Dallas Data Security and Privacy Lab compiled various anonymisation techniques into a toolbox for public use.
http://cs.utdallas.edu/dspl/cgi-bin/toolbox/ index.php?go=home
