What does "k-anonymity" mean?

A property possessed by certain anonymized data, such that the information for each person cannot be distinguished from at least k-1 other individuals whose information also appear in the release.

K-anonymity

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A property possessed by certain anonymized data, such that the information for each person cannot be distinguished from at least k-1 other individuals whose information also appear in the release. uncountable

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