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Re: How to make data unidentifiable?

From: Alan <alan_at_erols.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:38:57 -0400
Message-ID: <2iro60Fqpue2U1@uni-berlin.de>


Very simple, but will cost a few bucks. Hire someone to enter some fake data for you. Great I.S. undergrad job. Either that or DIY.

"Joseph" <j_parrinello_at_msn.com> wrote in message news:dd497a10.0406090900.43e31290_at_posting.google.com...
> Hello,
>
> I am building a database to be used for demonstration purposes. I wish to
> import the data from an existing database into the demo. However I need
to
> tranform the data from the existing database so that the data is
> unidentifiable but meaningful. For example, I need to change the First
> name, Last name, Address, city, state, zip, Social Security etc...so that
> they are different to the original database but still have meaning in the
> new database. E.g. A record such as:
>
> Peter Paulas, 123 Main St, New York, New York, 10023, 555-342-3423
> becomes something like:
> Simon Trickle, 234 East St, Bronx, New York, 10023, 534-234-2333
>
> I would like the transformed record: Simon Trickle, to still be linked to
> the remaining data that is not tranformed. Has anybody tried this before
> and if so, do you have any easy solution.
>
> Thanks,
> Joseph
Received on Thu Jun 10 2004 - 13:38:57 CDT

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