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- PEP [encrypts](#encryption) data both [at rest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_at_rest#Encryption) and in transit, effectively providing [end-to-end encryption](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption) between the data's uploader(s) and downloader(s).
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- PEP [ensures](#trust-reduction) that no single server or administrator or hosting party can access the data (or provide access to it) by themselves.
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- PEP [contravenes data blending](#pseudonymization), preventing data from multiple downloaders from being combined into a larger data set.
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- PEP [pseudonymizes data](#pseudonymization) to preventing multiple downloaders from blending data into a larger data set.
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- PEP [keeps previous data](#retention) versions available after a cell's contents are overwritten.
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More information on these four key features can be found below. Because of these features, PEP is usable for the storage of any (sensitive and/or confidential) information that must be made available in a pseudonymized form. Its current applications include the storage and dissemination of medical data for multiple academic research projects.
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