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k-Anonymity

Privacy & Anonymization

A privacy property where every record in a dataset is indistinguishable from at least k-1 other records on quasi-identifier values. Prevents singling out individuals through quasi-identifier combinations. Introduced by Latanya Sweeney in 2002.

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