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Guides on anonymization, AI privacy and data protection

Short, practical articles on preparing documents for AI assistants without handing over personal data. Nothing leaves your device with our tool; the same standard applies here: no tracking, no cookies.

  1. 6 min read

    Anonymizing PowerPoint decks: names, logos and speaker notes

    Anonymize a PPTX in your browser before an AI summarizes or translates it: slide text, tables and notes change, logos and images do not. Workflow and caveats.

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  2. 7 min read

    How to anonymize an Excel export (XLSX) before sharing it with an AI

    Anonymize a spreadsheet in your browser: which cells change, why formulas stay intact, how IBAN and ID checksums help, review tips, caveats and a manual route.

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  3. 7 min read

    EU AI Act, August 2026: what changes and what pseudonymized prompts do for you

    The AI Act phase applying from 2 August 2026, how the GDPR runs alongside it, and what pseudonymisation under Article 4(5) does and does not do for AI prompts.

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  4. 7 min read

    Turkey's KVKK guides on generative and agentic AI: 7 checks before you share

    What Turkey's KVKK generative AI guide (15 questions) and its agentic AI guide mean for teams pasting documents into models, plus a 7-point pre-share checklist.

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  5. 6 min read

    Deleted the chat, but the file is still there: where AI uploads live

    Uploaded files often outlive the chat: file libraries, projects, custom assistants, retention windows. A checklist to find and delete them, and a safer default.

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  6. 7 min read

    AI companies train on your chats by default: what the Stanford audit found

    Stanford HAI reviewed six major AI developers' privacy policies: chat data is used for training by default. What it means for uploads, plus a 5-step routine.

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  7. 6 min read

    Is it safe to upload documents to ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini?

    What happens to a file after you upload it to an AI assistant, how consumer and enterprise plans differ, and a checklist to follow before you press send.

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  8. 6 min read

    How to anonymize a Word document (DOCX) step by step

    Remove names, companies, emails and IDs from a Word file before sharing it with an AI. Tool walkthrough plus manual Find/Replace and Document Inspector tips.

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  9. 7 min read

    GDPR, KVKK and LLM prompts: what counts as personal data

    How EU GDPR and Turkish KVKK define personal data, why pasting it into an AI prompt is processing, and how pseudonymization reduces the risk for teams.

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  10. 6 min read

    Pseudonymization vs anonymization vs redaction: which one do you need?

    Three ways to strip identifying data from a document, how they differ in reversibility, and why consistent labels beat black bars when the file goes to an AI.

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  11. 6 min read

    Why a privacy tool should work offline (and how to check)

    Client-side processing, service workers and what 'no server' really means. How to verify a browser tool never uploads your file, and how Unformation is built.

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