# Manage personally identifiable information (PII)

Syntho helps to ensure columns containing **personally identifiable information (PII)** are properly managed and governed. It provides fast identification and obfuscation modules for **PII** entities, such as credit card numbers, names, locations, social security numbers, phone numbers, financial data and more. While the PII scanner provides a robust starting point for identifying PII, it is not exhaustive. Users should carefully assess their data to identify other sensitive columns that may require attention.

All columns marked as **PII** are listed on the **Main hub,** and can be adjusted both from the **Main hub** and **Table view** tabs. Use the table selection menu on the left side of the panel to browse the highlighted PII entities by table.

The following articles describe how you can manage **PII** in your data:

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden></th><th data-hidden></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Identify and obfuscate PII columns</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="broken-reference">Broken link</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Remove columns from PII list</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="broken-reference">Broken link</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Obfuscate PII in free text</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="configure-column-settings/duplicate/automatic-pii-discovery-and-de-identification-in-free-text-columns">automatic-pii-discovery-and-de-identification-in-free-text-columns</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Supported PII entities</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="manage-personally-identifiable-information-pii/supported-pii-entities">supported-pii-entities</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden></th><th data-hidden></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Identify and obfuscate PII columns</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="broken-reference">Broken link</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Remove columns from PII list</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="broken-reference">Broken link</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Obfuscate PII in free text</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="configure-column-settings/duplicate/automatic-pii-discovery-and-de-identification-in-free-text-columns">automatic-pii-discovery-and-de-identification-in-free-text-columns</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Supported PII entities</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="manage-personally-identifiable-information-pii/supported-pii-entities">supported-pii-entities</a></td></tr></tbody></table>