A situation in which it is not possible to identity an individual.
The state of having your individual identity protected, especially from researchers. For example, someone would be anonymous who answered a mail survey that didn’t ask for the person’s name or any other ID.
To be anonymous means your true identity is not known at all. Pseudonymity means you have taken on an assumed identity. Your online service provider may allow you, as a subscriber, to participate in online activities anonymously (not known at all) or pseudonymously (taking on a different identity).
Anonymity is an attribute of an identity within an interaction which indicates if the identity is anonymous or unanonymous. [See also: Wikipedia on Anonymity.
A state in which your identity and past history is completely unknown. In a virtual space, avatars are only anonymous under one of the following circumstances: a) they are able to change identities easily, b) the avatar is new to the space, or c) the space is so large that in any given group of people, a given avatar is not likely to be known. See also Pseudonymity, Profile, Name.
Evaluator action to ensure that the identity of subjects cannot be ascertained during the course of a study, in study reports, or in any other way.
(also see Pseudonymity and Pseudonymous Profiling ) A condition in which your true identity is not known. Your online service provider may allow you, as a subscriber, to participate in online activities anonymously (not known at all) or pseudonymously (taking on a different identity).
Anonymity refers to a way in which someone can raise a concern or issue without having their identity revealed to anyone.
A research condition in which no one, including the researcher, knows the identities of research subjects.
The quality or state of being anonymous, which is the condition of having a name or identity that is unknown or concealed. [RFC 2828
anonymity - A condition in which an individuals true identity is unknown.
A recipient cannot reply to the message and that email sender's identity (identity meaning the user's real email address or other identifying information such as IP address data) is not and can not be known
Anonymity is derived from the Greek word ανωνυμία, meaning without a name or name-less, and more originally meaning without law. In colloquial use, the term typically refers to a person, and often means that the personal identity, or personally identifiable information of that person is not known.