Anonymisation has always been (and still is) a real challenge for those carrying out clinical research. To shed some light on this matter, the Medical Research Council (MCR) – which is part of UK Research and Innovation – has recently published guidance on Identifiability, anonymisation and pseudonymisation (the guidance). Although the guidance itself states that it has been developed with the participation of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), it is not ICO-approved and so institutes…