Anonymization under the GDPR with special regard to the telecommunications sector

Statement by Prof. Franziska Boehm (FIZ Karlsruhe), Prof. Michael Meier (Uni Bonn) and Prof. Thorsten Strufe (KIT)

In a public consultation in March 2020, the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI), Prof. Ulrich Kelber, asked scientific and civil society organizations as well as other experts for statements in connection with the preparation of a position paper on anonymization under the GDPR.
Prof. Franziska Boehm, Prof. Michael Meier and Prof. Thorsten Strufe have participated in this consultation process with a statement from the research perspective.

Read the statement.