Member enrolment de-identification is the removal of personal IDs from an enrolment record. The answers a member gives at this stage are exactly what the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 later measures if a claim is disputed, and where the record touches family medical history, the voluntary Code on Genetic Testing and Insurance restricts insurers from using predictive genetic test results except for a small number of high-value policies. anonym.plus works locally and keeps the plan choices for analysis.
When this applies
The record is ID-dense: full demographics, dependants, and a plan choice, built on the disclosure duty CIDRA 2012 sets at inception. To study take-up rates or train staff, strip those IDs first and keep the plan choice and tier.
How anonym.plus handles it
- Open the feed in anonym.plus on your device.
- It finds demographic, dependant, and contact fields.
- Dependant names get flagged as related-party IDs.
- Keep the plan choice and the tier you need.
- Swap or black out the confirmed items.
- Save the clean copy on your machine.
What you need to provide
- The record (CSV, PDF, or insurer export).
- A column map for known ID fields.
- An operator (Redact for slim audit copies).
Patient data entity types detected
| Category | anonym.plus entity type | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Names | PERSON | Enrollee D. Roth → [MEMBER] |
| Dependant | PERSON | Dependant child → [DEPENDANT] |
| Member ID | UK_HEALTH_INSURANCE_MEMBER | Mbr VIT-228841 → [MEMBER_ID] |
| NI number | UK_NINO | QQ 98 76 54 A → [ID] |
| Dates | DATE_TIME | DOB 1985 → [DOB] |
| Address | LOCATION | home address → [ADDRESS] |
Compliance achieved
- Meets DPA 2018 & UK GDPR for reuse of health data.
- The disclosure behind the enrolment is measured under the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012, not by the identifiers this tool removes.
- Where family history is recorded, respects the voluntary Code on Genetic Testing and Insurance.
- Catches dependants and contacts as related-party identifiers.
- Keeps the plan choice and tier for analysis.
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Limitations & cautions
Dependants’ IDs must go too, since they are personal data when tied to the enrollee. Check that custom demographic fields are mapped, so nothing slips past in a fixed layout.
Frequently asked questions
Are dependants anonymised too?
Yes. A dependant's name or birth date in the enrollee's record is personal data in its own right, not just an attribute of the enrollee, so it is flagged for removal along with the member's own details.
Does the plan choice stay?
Yes. The chosen plan and the tier stay, so the data is still useful for take-up studies. Only the identifying fields underneath them change.
Does genetic or family history data get special treatment?
Where it appears, yes — it is UK GDPR Art. 9 health data on top of being covered by the voluntary Code on Genetic Testing and Insurance, which already limits how insurers may use predictive genetic test results in underwriting. The tool flags it as sensitive alongside the member's other health fields.