Fecha de publicación: 03/03/2022 Fuente: Wipo "BigData" The present invention relates to a method for creating avatars from an initial sensitive data set stored in a database of a computer system, the initial data comprising attributes relating to a plurality of individuals, the method comprising: a) choosing a number {k} of nearest neighbors to be used from all the individuals in the initial data set, b) identifying, for attributes relating to a given individual, the k nearest neighbors from among the other individuals in the data set, c) generating, for at least one attribute relating to said individual, a new attribute value from quantities which are characteristic of the attribute in the identified k nearest neighbors and weighted by a coefficient, and d) creating avatar data comprising the new attribute value(s), so as to ensure the sensitive data relating to the individual are non-identifiable.