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Create a project

A project is where you organise your pseudonymisation requests. By creating a project, you set parameters for how data is pseudonymised and manage collaboration with other organisations. You must create a project to generate pseudonymisation tokens.

Plan your projects carefully
  • Once you create a project, you cannot extend its retention period. If you need longer retention, you must create a new project with a longer period.
  • After the retention period expires, you cannot reverse pseudonymised data.

To create a project:

  1. Go to Projects and select New project. The project creation form opens.

    New project button screenshot

  2. Enter the project name and description. The project name must be unique within your organisation. The description is optional.

  3. If you're part of an organisation, set the following options:

    • Organisation project: Yes means organisation members can view and access the project.
    • Collaboration project: Yes means you can collaborate with other organisations to share pseudonymised data.

    Create project screenshot

  4. If you selected Collaboration project, add at least one collaborating organisation using their organisation key. See Add collaborators.

    Individual users

    If you're not part of an organisation, you can only create personal projects. Steps 4-5 will not appear for you. Skip to step 6. You can create as many personal projects as you need.

  5. Set the pseudonymisation configuration settings for the project. These settings determine how data is pseudonymised and whether it can be reversed.

    • Method:

      • Reversible: Allows you to convert pseudonyms back to their original values. If you select this option, enter the Retention period (years, months, days) that determines how long you can reverse pseudonymised data. After this period expires, the link between pseudonyms and original values is permanently severed.

      • Not reversible: Tokens that permanently pseudonymise data without the option for reversal.

        Create project screenshot

      When to use reversible tokens

      Common use cases for reversible pseudonymisation include data verification, quality checks, and audit processes where you may need to access original values. Learn more about token types.

  6. Select the Treatment policy:

    • Always different: Each time you pseudonymise the same data, it receives a different pseudonym. This helps prevent re-identification through repeated values.
    • Always same: The same identifier always receives the same pseudonym. This allows you to link records across datasets using the pseudonymised values.

  7. Select the Output format of the pseudonymised data (Alphanumeric, Numeric, Alpha).

  8. Select Save to create the project. The project opens in the project view where you can create a request.