Redacting a document
For a file you have to share: real black bars. The hidden text is removed from the PDF, not painted over.
For human resources
Letters, meeting notes, personnel files: prepare a pseudonymized version before using your usual AI.
On your device · macOS, Windows & Linux
Excerpt · fictional example
During the meeting, Claire Fontaine requested project management training. A follow-up will be arranged with their manager.
One name illustrated. Always review the full export.
In practice
Keep the request and next steps without sharing the employee’s name.
Check internal identifiers and personal details before sharing.
Payslip, contract, application. PDF, DOCX, Excel, email, TXT, Markdown, CSV or image. Nothing leaves your machine.
Every day
For a file you have to share: real black bars. The hidden text is removed from the PDF, not painted over.
Every anonymization done in the app is recorded in a local log: date, categories, counts, SHA-256 fingerprints, never the values. Filterable, exportable to CSV or JSON.
Employee names, payroll IDs, internal references: added once, masked everywhere, whatever the model.
An HR file concentrates data protected by the GDPR: NIR social-security number, bank details, home address. Minimize it before any AI processing.
Questions
Bad. These are personal data, and the NIR social-security number is tightly regulated. Anoni replaces them with believable fakes before sending, locally. The AI never sees the real values.
Open it. Review the detections. Choose your export.