data_qualifiers.yml

data_qualifier:
  - privacy_key: aggregated
    name: Aggregated Data
    description: Statistical data that does not contain individually identifying information but includes information about groups of individuals that renders individual identification impossible.
  
  - privacy_key: aggregated.anonymized
    name: Anonymized Data
    parent_key: aggregated
    description: Data where all attributes have been sufficiently altered that the individaul cannot be reidentified by this data or in combination with other datasets.

  - privacy_key: aggregated.anonymized.unlinked_pseudonymized
    name: Unlinked Pseudonymized Data
    parent_key: aggregated.anonymized
    description: Data for which all identifiers have been substituted with unrelated values and linkages broken such that it may not be reversed, even by the party that performed the pseudonymization.

  - privacy_key: aggregated.anonymized.unlinked_pseudonymized.pseudonymized
    name: Pseudonymized Data
    parent_key: aggregated.anonymized.unlinked_pseudonymized
    description: Data for which all identifiers have been substituted with unrelated values, rendering the individual unidentifiable and cannot be reasonably reversed other than by the party that performed the pseudonymization.

  - privacy_key: aggregated.anonymized.unlinked_pseudonymized.pseudonymized.identified
    name: Identified Data
    parent_key: aggregated.anonymized.unlinked_pseudonymized.pseudonymized
    description: Data that directly identifies an individual.