Hello everyone!
In this video we will learn about Anonymizer engine and take a deep dive on it.
The Anonymizer engine is where procedure takes the identifiable PII and applies intelligent, configurable
transformations to ensure data privacy while preserving data utility wherever possible.
The very first anonymizer technique is redaction, where it completely removes PII from the text by
replacing it with placeholders or entity type label.
A second way of anonymizing is masking, where it partially obscures PII to maintain the format while
hiding sensitive digits.
A third way of anonymizing is replacement, where it substitutes PII with realistic but fake data generated
by libraries like faker, preserving the text structure for testing.
The last one is hashing or encryption, where it converts PII to a reversible hash or encrypted tokens,
enabling secure storage without exposing the original values.
Operators are configurable for entity type, allowing fine gain control.
For example, you might redact SSN completely while only masking the phone numbers.
Thank you.
Let's take a deep dive into Anonymizer engine in our next video.