This report was created as part of a cross-Government pilot programme to demonstrate how individuals with complex needs can be better supported by the Government through linking and improving data in a safe, secure and ethical way.

A set of seven Good Practice Standards developed by PEDRI to guide public engagement practices in the use of data for research and statistics.

Research Data Scotland (RDS) provide a simple explanation of how data is de-identified, what is meant by the term anonymisation and how this differs from pseudonymisation.