In this guide, we will show you how to anonymize citizens within the platform. This is a crucial step for maintaining data privacy and ensuring that sensitive information is protected. Only users with administrator rights can perform this action. By the end of this guide, you'll know how to anonymize individual or multiple citizens effectively.
Step-by-Step Guide
Administrator Rights
Only users with administrator rights can anonymize citizens.
Select Citizens to Anonymize
You can choose to anonymize all citizens or select specific ones. if you only want to anonymize one citizen, check the box next to his/her name and click "Anonymize" in the top right corner.
Request Anonymization
Once you request to anonymize a citizen, their name and contact details will be hidden from all non-administrator users.
Confirm Anonymization
As an administrator, you will still have an overview of the citizens. However, you will now see that the citizen has been anonymized by the hidden eye-symbol next to the citizen's name.
Verify from Employee Role
Log in with an employee role that does not have administrator rights to verify that the citizen appears as anonymized.
Conclusion
Anonymizing citizens in Impactly is a straightforward process that significantly enhances data privacy. This guide has equipped you with the knowledge to perform this task, if you need to take extra measures to safeguard citizens' data. Impactly values data privacy, and all data is stored securely and according to the highest standards, but ensuring that only authorized personnel can access sensitive information is in some case nedded, which you can now easily do in Impactly.