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title: Data Privacy
description: Use Data Privacy to classify sensitive data and to remove personally identifiable information \(PII\) from user data in a production instance and anonymize data in non-production instances. Once anonymized, the user data is no longer considered regulated private information.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-security/data-privacy-classic/data-privacy-landing.html
release: australia
product: Data Privacy \(Classic\)
classification: data-privacy-classic
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Platform Privacy]
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# Data Privacy

Use Data Privacy to classify sensitive data and to remove personally identifiable information \(PII\) from user data in a production instance and anonymize data in non-production instances. Once anonymized, the user data is no longer considered regulated private information.

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