4. PII Scan
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Syntho provides a built-in PII Scanner to help you identify columns that may contain personally identifiable information (PII) in your datasets. This step is essential to ensure data privacy compliance and to prevent accidental exposure of sensitive fields.
You can run a (faster, based on metadata) or a (more accurate, inspects data contents using NLP).
Important: PII Scanner results should always be reviewed manually. Some columns may be falsely flagged or missed.
Follow the interactive guide below to run your first PII scan
Uses column names and regex rules to infer PII
Fast
Medium
Analyzes actual data content using NLP models (for string/text columns)
Slower
Higher
Exclamation mark (!) next to table name: Indicates at-risk PII columns are still in Duplicate mode.