CSV Anonymizer
This site anonymizes CSV files by replacing a set of columns you specify
with a secure digest of those columns.
If you choose a strong secret phrase,
keep it secret, and don't include
corresponding/correlated unredacted data,
it is computationally infeasible to
reconstruct the original data from the digest.
This allows effective irrecoverable redaction of selected content
while still permitting searchability of unredacted content
and mergeability across multiple
CSV files which would have been linkable by the redacted content.
With this tool, you can easily simultaneously satisfy
requirements/desires to both
protect certain (e.g. personally identifiable) information
and to share other information (e.g. for research or transparency purposes).
The redacted/anonymized CSV file preserves the integrity of unredacted
data much better than
e.g. attempting optical character recognition on
records that have been redacted via printing and "black boxing" or similar.
It works completely locally offline, not uploading your original or
modified data file to any server.
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