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title: Data Separation release notes
description: The ServiceNow Data Separation application enables organizations to restrict access to sensitive data based on a lens hierarchy and its leaf node.The ServiceNow Data Separation application enables organizations to restrict access to sensitive data based on a lens hierarchy and its leaf node.
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breadcrumb: [Strategic Portfolio Management release notes, Features and changes by product, Release notes for upgrading from Zurich, Learn about the Australia release, Australia release notes]
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# Data Separation release notes

The ServiceNow® Data Separation application enables organizations to restrict access to sensitive data based on a lens hierarchy and its leaf node.

## About Data Separation

## Activation and other requirements

**Parent Topic:**[Strategic Portfolio Management release notes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/release-notes/it-business-management-rn-landing.md)

## Australia

The ServiceNow® Data Separation application enables organizations to restrict access to sensitive data based on a lens hierarchy and its leaf node.

### What's deprecated or removed

-   This application is no longer deployed, enhanced, or supported. For details, see the [Deprecation Process \[KB0867184\]](https://support.servicenow.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0867184) article in the Now Support Knowledge Base.
-   Alternatively, you can use Data Filters and access control lists \(ACLs\) to configure data separation for your use cases. For details on how to enable data separation for different use cases using data filters and ACLs, see the [Managing data separation using data filters and ACLs \[KB0558290\]](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1772519) article in the Now Support Knowledge Base.