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		alkonaut on Sept 19, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Google ... Would it make a difference If the information was anonymized /hashed?

sleepyhead on Sept 26, 2018 [–]

Only if there is no way to identify the user. A hash or anonymised id is still personal data if you can identify a person with it.

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