Public Sector Equality Report De-Identification with anonym.plus

HR Solution · Offboarding & Compliance Reporting · Equality Act 2010 (public sector equality duty)

This de-identification is the removal of personal identifiers from a monitoring return under the Equality Act 2010 public sector equality duty (PSED). The duty requires listed bodies to publish fairness information. anonym.plus marks names and identifiers on your device, so the monitoring counts stay usable while named staff are shielded.

When this applies

A PSED return pairs protected-characteristic counts with named staff rows and a compiler's contact. You strip those details before a draft is reviewed internally.

How anonym.plus handles it

1. Open the document in anonym.plus on your device.
2. The tool flags named staff rows, the compiler, and contacts.
3. Local OCR reads a scanned analysis page.
4. Keep the characteristic counts and category codes.
5. Swap or black out the confirmed identifiers.
6. Save the clean draft locally.

What you need to provide

• The monitoring report (XLSX export, PDF, DOCX).
• An operator (Replace keeps the tables aligned).
• Optional allow-list for category codes.

PII entity types detected

Compliance achieved

• Supports monitoring under the Equality Act 2010 public sector equality duty.
• Keeps characteristic counts and codes the report needs.
• Offline work keeps the draft off any server.

Limitations & cautions

The return relies on aggregate counts, yet a small characteristic group can re-identify a person. Where one or two staff fill a group, that cell may name them. Band or suppress small groups before review.