How AI anonymization works: detection, review, and audit trail
AI flags personal data in documents. Your team validates suggestions and exports a publishable version with full accountability.
What does AI do, and what does your team do?
AI assistance
- •Flags potential personal data in documents
- •Recognizes patterns such as ID numbers, email, and phone
- •Provides fast first-pass analysis of large file sets
- •Delivers consistent suggestions across multiple documents
Human review
- •Assesses legal context per passage
- •Accepts or rejects AI suggestions
- •Adds manual redactions where needed
- •Retains final responsibility for publication
Faster first analysis
Initial detection of personal data in minutes instead of hours of manual review.
Context-aware detection
The system recognizes names, IDs, addresses, and contact details in running text and tables.
Human final control
Reviewers accept or reject each suggestion; decisions are logged in the audit trail.
Process in 4 steps
Upload document
Upload PDF or Word in a secure environment.
AI detection
The system flags personal data and sensitive passages.
Review and decision
Reviewer validates suggestions and adjusts redactions.
Export with audit trail
Download a version ready for disclosure or sharing.
Example: detection and redaction
Detected passage
Applicant Maria de Vries (ID 123456782) submitted a request on 14-03-2025 via [email protected].
After review and redaction
Applicant [REDACTED] (ID [REDACTED]) submitted a request on 14-03-2025 via [REDACTED].
Frequently asked questions about AI anonymization
Is AI anonymization fully automatic?
No. Anonify is AI-assisted: detection is automated, but the final decision stays with your reviewer.
How do we avoid missing data?
Combine AI detection with human review and sample-based quality checks. The audit trail supports accountability.
Are my documents used for model training?
No. Customer documents are not used to train AI models.
When is AI anonymization suitable for FOI?
For structured disclosure processing where speed, consistency, and accountability matter together.
See AI anonymization on your own document
Upload a PDF in the free trial or book a demo with your team.