One-page printable that turns the article into a pre-deployment checklist: the four operations (privacy masks, dynamic masking, redaction, de-identified analytics) and where each sits in the pipeline; the governing reversible-vs-irreversible distinction (reversible = pseudonymisation, still personal data under GDPR Art. 4(5)/Recital 26; irreversible = anonymisation candidate, outside GDPR if no re-identification by means reasonably likely); the de-identification technique families (randomisation
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The handbook · 7 volumes
Fora Soft Video Engineering Handbook
This guide turns privacy masks, dynamic masking, redaction and de-identified analytics into a pre-deployment checklist, with the reversible versus irreversible line drawn clearly. We wrote seven volumes on the video stack; start with Volume 6 for the detection, segmentation and tracking behind automatic redaction, then Volume 7 for compliance and biometrics. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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