How Variant Twins Work
Introduction to Anonos Variant Twins
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Dynamically assign different replacement tokens - Pseudonyms - at different times to replace data values for various purposes so they cannot be correlated without access to a Master Look-Up Table that is kept separately and securely. Associate a unique Pseudonym (not algorithmically derived) to the entire source record. This way protected data can always be relinked to source or to obscured versions of replaced data when authorized.
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Replace different data elements (direct, indirect and attribute data) so that the protection travels with the data and applies to all use cases.
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Controlled access to and use of Master Lookup table to enable:
- Reversal of protected data value Pseudonyms to reveal the specific source data they replace OR to reveal an obscured versions of the data they replaced (using well-established anonymisation techniques that work under centralized processing condition but extended to enable decentralized use cases due to dynamism).
- Relinking of protected data value Pseudonyms to the entire source data record to enable updating, augmenting, etc. of elements of the source data not included in the protected data.
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European Data Protection Board (EDPB) guidance and European Commission standard contractual clauses (SCCs) recommend newly redefined GDPR-compliant Pseudonymisation, a core element of Anonos’ patented Variant Twin technology, for lawful international data transfer, processing, sharing and data flow. Numerous other countries and US States reward GDPR Pseudonymisation controls like those embodied in Variant Twins with expanded data use and flexibility.*
Variant Twin Advantages
Lawful Analytics, AI, ML & Cloud Processing
Technical controls enable lawful advanced Analytics and AI, data sharing, international data transfer and cloud processing, given that consent and contract restrict the scope of processing.
Uncompromising Protection
Comprehensive protection against reidentification attack vectors (inference, singling out, and linkage attacks)
Preserves Value
100% of the accuracy and timeliness of processing identifying clear text, without risk
Elimination of Privacy/Utility Trade-off
Elimination of the zero-sum game associated with the privacy/utility tradeoff where an increase in one comes at a reduction in the other
First Technology that Simultaneously Achieves
Ease of Use
In production use, readily and easily deployable to produce immediately increased value and enhanced productivity
Scalable
Across jurisdictions, leveraging scarce skill sets, multiple use cases, at scale
Future Proofing
Defeats brute force attacks and advances in quantum computing which will lead to the ineffectiveness of algorithmically-derived solutions
Support for Decentralized Processing
Centralized controls that travel with the data to support decentralized use cases
Anonos is cool because its patented technology creates re-linkable non-identifying personalized data called Variant Twins that enable compliant Analytics, ML, AI and data sharing.
