Re: Anonymising data

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Re^2: Anonymising data by sauoq (Abbot) on Oct 20, 2005 at 16:41 UTC
I'm guessing here but I get the feeling he isn't so much trying to encrypt anything as to just take a list of names (and addresses) and munge them into a list of fictional names (and addresses) for use as examples or what not. Like, maybe turning something like this... `Jonathan Walker 12 Cross St. Hazard, KY 41701 James Beam 81 Donut Circle What Cheer, IA 50268 John Daniels 1 Lonely Dr. Solitude, IN 47620` [download] into something like this... `James Daniels 81 Donut Dr Solitude, IN 47620 Jonathon Beam 12 Lonely Circle Hazard, KY 41701 John Walker 1 Cross St. What Cheer, IA 50268` [download] It's hard to say from his post, but that's how I read it. I wouldn't even try without seeing some sample data though. -sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Anonymising data by Anonymous Monk on Oct 21, 2005 at 09:08 UTC
Bingo, This is exactly what I'm trying to do, Data Protection Act and all that, sorry for the lack of clarity there. There is no requirement to un-mung the data - in fact, if it can be unmunged, its bad. I thought this exact style of munging might be in a module already as it seems a standard thing you would want to do when dealing with sensitive test data. I'll write a small module and post for comments. Cheers Kevin	[reply]