Please note: The algorithm descriptions in English have been automatically translated. Errors may have been introduced in this process. For the original descriptions, go to the Dutch version of the Algorithm Register.
Anonymisation software
- Publication category
- Other algorithms
- Impact assessment
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- Status
- In use
General information
Theme
Begin date
Contact information
Responsible use
Goal and impact
The anonymisation software is used to give substance to transparency on the one hand and the necessary protection of personal data that may appear in municipal documents on the other.
Considerations
The municipality faces various laws and regulations under which the municipality actively discloses information upon request. This information may contain privacy-sensitive information. In doing so, it is important that this information is anonymised. Manually anonymising data is a time-consuming task that also involves errors and data leaks. DataMask's software enables users to anonymise personal and confidential information efficiently.
Human intervention
The documents anonymised through the software are checked by an employee before publication. The employee determines whether the document has been correctly anonymised. The algorithm itself is retrained periodically.
Risk management
Risk is minimal because DataMask does not make decisions. DataMask makes a proposal for anonymising data and information. The municipality employee always does the final check whether a document is correctly anonymised.
Legal basis
- WOO
- AVG
Links to legal bases
- WOO: https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0045754/
- AVG: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/NL/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:31995L0046
Operations
Data
This depends on the document being anonymised. Examples include personal data such as e-mail addresses, phone numbers, bank account numbers, address details and signatures. And based on the Open Government Act (Woo), it can also include data beyond personal data. These grounds for exception are listed in the Woo.
Technical design
Documents are entered into the software. The algorithm suggests data to be masked within these documents. The employee makes the choice of which data to mask. The outcome is a document on which the necessary data is masked. In the training of this algorithm by the supplier, no data from the municipality are used.
External provider
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- Impact assessment
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- Publication category
- Other algorithms
- Impact assessment
- Field not filled in.
- Status
- In use