Insight #1: Know the difference between pseudonymised and anonymous data
Di Sophie Bernard - Privacy & Data Protection Manager
References
REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (link); The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) Guidelines 01/2025 on Pseudonymisation issued on 16 Jan. 2025 (link); Opinion 5/2014 sulle tecniche di anonimizzazione dell’Article 29 Working Party (link); CJEU's decision, Case C-582/14 of 19 October 2016 (case “Patrick Breyer v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland”) (link); Judgment of the General Court, Case T-557/20 of 26 April 2023 (case “Single Resolution Board v. EDPS”) (link); Decision no. 226 of the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali), case “Thin” of 1 July 2023.