diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/AnonymizeStatistics.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/AnonymizeStatistics.java
index 193b5223d4..179a76d403 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/AnonymizeStatistics.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/AnonymizeStatistics.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class AnonymizeStatistics {
 
     private static Logger log = getLogger(AnonymizeStatistics.class);
     private static Context context = new Context();
-    private static String action = "anonymise_statistics";
+    private static String action = "anonymize_statistics";
 
     private static final String HELP_OPTION = "h";
     private static final String SLEEP_OPTION = "s";
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ public class AnonymizeStatistics {
     private static int batchSize = 100;
     private static int threads = 2;
 
-    private static final Object ANONYMISED =
-            configurationService.getProperty("anonymise_statistics.dns_mask", "anonymised");
+    private static final Object ANONYMIZE =
+            configurationService.getProperty("anonymize_statistics.dns_mask", "anonymized");
 
     private static final String TIME_LIMIT;
 
     static {
         Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
-        calendar.add(DAY_OF_YEAR, -configurationService.getIntProperty("anonymise_statistics.time_limit", 90));
+        calendar.add(DAY_OF_YEAR, -configurationService.getIntProperty("anonymize_statistics.time_threshold", 90));
         TIME_LIMIT = format(calendar, DATE_FORMAT_8601);
     }
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class AnonymizeStatistics {
     public static void main(String... args) throws ParseException {
 
         parseCommandLineOptions(createCommandLineOptions(), args);
-        anonymiseStatistics();
+        anonymizeStatistics();
     }
 
     private static Options createCommandLineOptions() {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public class AnonymizeStatistics {
     }
 
 
-    private static void anonymiseStatistics() {
+    private static void anonymizeStatistics() {
         try {
             long updated = 0;
             long total = getDocuments().getResults().getNumFound();
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public class AnonymizeStatistics {
 
         return solrLoggerService.query(
                 "ip:*",
-                "time:[* TO " + TIME_LIMIT + "] AND -dns:" + ANONYMISED,
+                "time:[* TO " + TIME_LIMIT + "] AND -dns:" + ANONYMIZE,
                 null, batchSize, -1, null, null, null, null, null, false, false, true
         );
     }
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ public class AnonymizeStatistics {
                         "dns"
                     ),
                     asList(
-                        singletonList(solrLoggerService.anonymiseIp(document.getFieldValue("ip").toString())),
-                        singletonList(ANONYMISED)
+                        singletonList(solrLoggerService.anonymizeIp(document.getFieldValue("ip").toString())),
+                        singletonList(ANONYMIZE)
                     ),
                     false
                 );
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
index 8a6f727555..27f2ce3720 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
@@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ public class SolrLoggerServiceImpl implements SolrLoggerService, InitializingBea
 
         if (request != null) {
             String ip = clientInfoService.getClientIp(request);
-            if (configurationService.getBooleanProperty("anonymise_statistics.anonymise_on_log", false)) {
+            if (configurationService.getBooleanProperty("anonymize_statistics.anonymize_on_log", false)) {
                 try {
-                    doc1.addField("ip", anonymiseIp(ip));
+                    doc1.addField("ip", anonymizeIp(ip));
                 } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
                     log.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                 }
@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ public class SolrLoggerServiceImpl implements SolrLoggerService, InitializingBea
             }
 
             try {
-                String dns = configurationService.getProperty("anonymise_statistics.dns_mask", "anonymised");
-                if (!configurationService.getBooleanProperty("anonymise_statistics.anonymise_on_log", false)) {
+                String dns = configurationService.getProperty("anonymize_statistics.dns_mask", "anonymized");
+                if (!configurationService.getBooleanProperty("anonymize_statistics.anonymize_on_log", false)) {
                     dns = DnsLookup.reverseDns(ip);
                 }
                 doc1.addField("dns", dns.toLowerCase());
@@ -426,9 +426,9 @@ public class SolrLoggerServiceImpl implements SolrLoggerService, InitializingBea
         // Save our basic info that we already have
 
         ip = clientInfoService.getClientIp(ip, xforwardedfor);
-        if (configurationService.getBooleanProperty("anonymise_statistics.anonymise_on_log", false)) {
+        if (configurationService.getBooleanProperty("anonymize_statistics.anonymize_on_log", false)) {
             try {
-                doc1.addField("ip", anonymiseIp(ip));
+                doc1.addField("ip", anonymizeIp(ip));
             } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
                 log.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
             }
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@ public class SolrLoggerServiceImpl implements SolrLoggerService, InitializingBea
         }
 
         try {
-            String dns = configurationService.getProperty("anonymise_statistics.dns_mask", "anonymised");
-            if (!configurationService.getBooleanProperty("anonymise_statistics.anonymise_on_log", false)) {
+            String dns = configurationService.getProperty("anonymize_statistics.dns_mask", "anonymized");
+            if (!configurationService.getBooleanProperty("anonymize_statistics.anonymize_on_log", false)) {
                 dns = DnsLookup.reverseDns(ip);
             }
             doc1.addField("dns", dns.toLowerCase());
@@ -1708,14 +1708,14 @@ public class SolrLoggerServiceImpl implements SolrLoggerService, InitializingBea
         statisticYearCoresInit = true;
     }
 
-    public Object anonymiseIp(String ip) throws UnknownHostException {
+    public Object anonymizeIp(String ip) throws UnknownHostException {
         InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName(ip);
         if (address instanceof Inet4Address) {
             return ip.replaceFirst(IP_V4_REGEX, "$1" + configurationService.getProperty(
-                    "anonymise_statistics.ip_v4_mask", "255"));
+                    "anonymize_statistics.ip_v4_mask", "255"));
         } else if (address instanceof Inet6Address) {
             return ip.replaceFirst(IP_V6_REGEX, "$1:" + configurationService.getProperty(
-                    "anonymise_statistics.ip_v6_mask", "FFFF:FFFF"));
+                    "anonymize_statistics.ip_v6_mask", "FFFF:FFFF"));
         }
 
         throw new UnknownHostException("unknown ip format");
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/service/SolrLoggerService.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/service/SolrLoggerService.java
index 12460f3c74..9d28fad1ab 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/service/SolrLoggerService.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/service/SolrLoggerService.java
@@ -225,6 +225,6 @@ public interface SolrLoggerService {
 
     public void commitShard(String shard) throws Exception;
 
-    public Object anonymiseIp(String ip) throws UnknownHostException;
+    public Object anonymizeIp(String ip) throws UnknownHostException;
 
 }
diff --git a/dspace/config/modules/usage-statistics.cfg b/dspace/config/modules/usage-statistics.cfg
index 2c4428b213..d0625b5ce4 100644
--- a/dspace/config/modules/usage-statistics.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/modules/usage-statistics.cfg
@@ -44,3 +44,20 @@ usage-statistics.authorization.admin.workflow=true
 # Set to true if the statistics core is sharded into a core per year, defaults to false
 # If you are sharding your statistics index each year by running "dspace stats-util -s", you should set this to "true"
 usage-statistics.shardedByYear = false
+
+# Configuration parameters for anonymizing statistics
+
+# Anonymize statistics the moment they are created
+# anonymize_statistics.anonymize_on_log = false
+
+# Mask to replace the last group of an IPv4 address
+# anonymize_statistics.ip_v4_mask = 255"
+
+# Mask to replace the last two groups of an IPv6 address
+# anonymize_statistics.ip_v6_mask = FFFF:FFFF"
+
+# Mask to replace the DNS
+# anonymize_statistics.dns_mask = anonymized
+
+# Only anonymize statistics records older than this threshold (expressed in days)
+# anonymize_statistics.time_threshold = 90