Academic Workflows: Protecting Research Participant PII
{{SPOKE_TIER_BADGE}}Ensure FERPA compliance when using AI for student records or clinical trials. Redact participant PII natively in the browser.
PrivacyScrubber Team
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Researchers and professors use AI for grant writing, peer review, and student record analysis. Our Academic-Grade ChatGPT extension ensures that participant PII stays within the university sandbox.
Native FERPA & IRB Protection
Processing participant notes or student transcripts in ChatGPT violates research ethics. Our extension purges identities locally, so your findings can be summarized without risking participant exposure. For a detailed guide on AI Privacy Guides, see our resource page.
Frictionless Research Workflows
Summarizing PII protection basics with AI requires a verifiable zero-trust layer. Our extension masks sensitive entities in-situ, ensuring your research integrity remains uncompromised. This matches the security standards we detail in our guide on Zero-Trust AI frameworks.
Verifiable Participant Privacy
PrivacyScrubber processes data entirely in your local browser sandbox. This alignment with GDPR/CCPA standards principles means your lab can scale AI usage without the risk of student data leakage or IRB violations.
New Capability: Local Image OCR & Zero-Trust Sync
The PrivacyScrubber Chrome Extension now supports Local Image OCR. Paste screenshots directly into the extension popup to redact sensitive PII offline using an isolated WebAssembly worker. Combined with our new Zero-Trust Session Sync, enterprise teams can seamlessly share custom detection rules without ever transmitting data to cloud servers.
How It Works
Follow these 3 simple steps to ensure your Chrome Extension data is fully protected before using AI.
Paste & Protect
Paste your Chrome Extension text. PrivacyScrubber's engine tokenizes all PII instantly and locally.
Send to AI
Copy the sanitized output. Send it to ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini safely. No data leaves your machine.
Restore Instantly
Paste the AI response back and click Reveal. Your original values are restored in real-time.
Protect data from your toolbar
The free PrivacyScrubber Chrome Extension lets you highlight and protect text on any tab before sending it to AI.
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