Focused personal identifying information redaction
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1. A method for redacting information in a first document, comprising:
- in response to a start of operations to redact information, identifying, by a computing processor, personally identifiable information for an individual by searching multiple data sources for personal information about the individual, wherein the personal information includes at least one of location, contacts, and other personally identifiable information for the individual;
determining whether a resource consumption ratio satisfies a pre-configured value while identifying personally identifiable information for the individual; and
in response to determining that the resource consumption ratio satisfies the pre-configured value, stopping the computing processor from continuing to identify the personally identifiable information and proceed to generating, by the computing processor, a second document from a first document wherein the personally identifiable information within the first document is redacted from the second document.
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Abstract
Personal information is retrieved from at least one data source and personal information associated with a first individual is identified. A document is generated that is a version of a first document, wherein the personal information associated with the first individual cannot be discerned.
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1. A method for redacting information in a first document, comprising:
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in response to a start of operations to redact information, identifying, by a computing processor, personally identifiable information for an individual by searching multiple data sources for personal information about the individual, wherein the personal information includes at least one of location, contacts, and other personally identifiable information for the individual; determining whether a resource consumption ratio satisfies a pre-configured value while identifying personally identifiable information for the individual; and in response to determining that the resource consumption ratio satisfies the pre-configured value, stopping the computing processor from continuing to identify the personally identifiable information and proceed to generating, by the computing processor, a second document from a first document wherein the personally identifiable information within the first document is redacted from the second document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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