GDPR requires protecting personally identifiable information (PII). Cerewro detects and anonymizes names, IDs, emails, phones and financial data in documents and databases, generating the required processing activity record.
| Category | Examples | Anonymization technique |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Passport, NI number, SSN | Replace with generic ID |
| Contact | Email, phone, address | Pseudonymization / hash |
| Financial | IBAN, card number | Truncate (last 4 digits) |
| Health | Diagnoses, medications | Generalize / remove |
| Name | First and last name | Consistent pseudonym |
Anonymize all documents in C:\data\customers\ to create a test copy without real data:
- Replace names with "PERSON_001", "PERSON_002"...
- Replace emails with "email_001@example.com"
- Replace phone numbers with "+44 000 000 0001"
- Maintain consistency: same real person → always same pseudonym
- Save anonymized docs to C:\data\customers-anonymized\
- Generate correspondence map in password-protected Excel