Disability claim anonymisation is the removal of personal data from a claim file, which is health data under UK GDPR Art. 9. anonym.plus does this on your device and keeps the medical evidence the assessment rests on.
When this applies
A disability file is special-category health data under Art. 9 and needs a lawful basis to use. Make it anonymous and you remove that burden for study or training.
How anonym.plus handles it
- Open the file in anonym.plus on your device.
- It finds the claimant, the assessor, and contacts.
- Dates and ID numbers get flagged across the pages.
- Swap each one with the re-link key turned off.
- Confirm no key is left, then keep the evidence.
- Save the anonymous file on your machine.
What you need to provide
- The claim file (PDF, DOCX, or export).
- Replace with the re-link key off for full anonymity.
- Optional language setting for the assessment.
Patient data entity types detected
| Category | anonym.plus entity type | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Names | PERSON | Claimant H. Berg → [CLAIMANT] |
| Assessor | PERSON | Dr Lund → [ASSESSOR] |
| NI number | UK_NINO | QQ 12 34 56 C → [ID] |
| Dates | DATE_TIME | Onset 2024 → [DATE] |
| Address | LOCATION | Home address → [ADDRESS] |
| Phone | PHONE_NUMBER | +44 7700 900170 → [PHONE] |
Compliance achieved
- Strips UK GDPR Art. 9 health identifiers from the file.
- True anonymity puts the result outside scope by UK GDPR Recital 26.
- On-device work supports UK data residency.
- Working copies are guarded by AES-256-GCM.
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Limitations & cautions
True anonymity is a high bar under the ICO motivated-intruder test. A rare condition plus a place and an onset date can re-identify even after direct IDs go. If you keep a re-link key, the result is pseudonymous, not anonymous, and stays in scope.
Frequently asked questions
Why is a disability file special under UK GDPR?
It is health data under Art. 9, so it needs a lawful basis to use. Making it anonymous removes that need for second uses.
Does the medical evidence stay?
Yes. The clinical findings stay. Only personal IDs like the claimant and assessor names go.
Does it handle Welsh and other UK languages?
Yes. The tool reads multiple languages, which matters for correct ID and date checks in bilingual documents.