What is Data anonymization?
Data anonymization1 is the erasing or stripping off
all personal data from the data collected in a manner that makes
the data subject2 unidentifiable. The aim of data
anonymization is to ensure that the data subject remains anonymous
by removing personal information like names, addresses, etc from
personal data.
Ghana's Data Protection Act (DPA)3 defines
personal data as "data about an individual who can be
identified either from the data, or from the data or other
information in the possession of, or likely to come into the
possession of the data controller."
Is Data anonymization applicable in Ghana?
Yes. Even though the DPA does not specifically use the term data
anonymization, it is applicable because the Act requires that a
data controller4 omits or deletes all identifying
particulars of other individuals when communicating information to
a data subject.5 This requirement amounts to data
anonymization although there is no
