Anonymisation offers a tantalising idea: what if we just didn’t have to comply with the GDPR? If the data is no longer identifiable, you’re in clear and you can do what you like. But what’s this? What if a family member could tell who the data relates to? What if a so-called ‘motivated intruder’ decided to dig into the data?

And why is Tim talking about having three nipples?

On this entertaining and occasionally wayward session, I will look at the ICO’s anonymisation guidance, the risks of reidentification and the plans you need to make to use anonymisation appropriately, I will also look at the separate and distinct process of pseudonymisation, which is covered by the GDPR but offers an important risk management tool.