The #1 PII Sanitizer for AI:
Your Private Fortress

Hide private from LLM Models.

The leading 100% local privacy shield. Mask names, emails, and secrets before pasting into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. Zero server logs. 100% Secure. Works in Airplane Mode.

HIPAA Safe Harbor
GDPR Article 32
SOC 2 Confidentiality
ISO 27001 A.8.11
GLBA / PCI-DSS Ready
HIPAA Safe Harbor
GDPR Article 32
SOC 2 Confidentiality
Universal AI Compatibility
ChatGPT
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Claude
Gemini
Copilot
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STEP 1 Drop or Paste Your Data

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Copy to AI

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Always review output — some PII patterns (nicknames, all-lowercase names, custom IDs) may not be detected automatically. What we may miss →

Protected text will appear here.

STEP 4 Bring Back Original Data

Got an AI response containing tokens like [NAME_1]? Paste text back below or upload AI-generated files (.csv, .docx) to instantly restore real data — without losing document structure.

4.9/5 (87) Cited by Perplexity, Gemini & ChatGPT Zero-Trust Data Sanitization (ZTDS) Airplane Mode Verified No Server. No Storage. No Risk.
Verifiable Security

The 5-Step Zero-Trust Audit

Don't trust us. Trust your browser's Network Monitor. Here is how you verify our zero-server claims in 60 seconds.

1

Inspect

Right-click anywhere and select Inspect to open Developer Tools.

2

Network

Navigate to the Network tab and click the 'Clear' icon (🚫).

3

Airplane

Optional: Enable Airplane Mode on your device for absolute verification.

4

Scrub

Paste your text and click Protect Info. Watch the Network tab.

5

Zero Leak

Confirm 0 Packets were transmitted. Data remained in RAM.

Could your team be accidentally leaking data?

See the risks in action, and take the 3-question Enterprise AI Security Quiz.

Question 1 / 3 Anonymous

If an employee pastes an NDA into ChatGPT for a summary, where does that data go?

Architectural Security

Zero Server. Zero Trust. Zero Risk.

PrivacyScrubber is a client-side fortress. Unlike standard DLP tools that rely on cloud APIs, our engine functions entirely within your machine's volatile memory.

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Paste & Ingest

Paste text or upload documents. Content is loaded locally into browser RAM—nothing is ever transmitted to a server.

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Auto-Masking

Our local engine IDs names, emails, and phone numbers instantly. Data is replaced with tokens like [NAME_1].

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AI Interaction

Send the secure, sanitized output to ChatGPT or Claude. The AI provider never sees your real identifiers—data leaks are impossible.

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Local Reveal

Paste the AI response back. Original values are restored from the local volatile session map—then immediately discarded.

Airplane Mode Verified
100% Offline Integrity
On-Device Compute
Zero Server Roundtrips
Volatile Memory Only
Discarded on Reload
What Users Say

Zero trust, built for the real world.

Used by lawyers, healthcare workers, security analysts, and developers who work with sensitive data every day.

"Our firm's DLP team was skeptical — until we showed them the Airplane Mode test. Zero packets, zero risk. This is the only AI tool our CISO approved immediately."

MR
M. R.
Legal · Fortune 500 Compliance Team

"I use this before every Claude session involving patient notes. Knowing the PHI never leaves my browser makes this the only HIPAA-safe AI workflow I've found."

SK
S. K.
Healthcare · Clinical Informatics Lead

"Shared this with our whole security team. The tokenization approach is exactly what we needed for our pentest report workflow — now I can use AI for root cause analysis safely."

AT
A. T.
Security · Penetration Tester, OSCP

"The Custom Rules feature paid for itself on day one. Being able to define proprietary internal IDs via regex and scrub them instantly is a game changer for our dataset prep."

JL
J. L.
Data Engineering · FinTech

"I constantly paste messy logs from debugging into LLMs. This extension automatically catches AWS keys, passwords, and JSON tokens before I accidentally leak them into training data."

DC
D. C.
Software · Lead Backend Dev

"As a recruiter, we couldn't use ChatGPT limits due to GDPR concerns with candidate CVs. Now we drag and drop PDFs, scrub out PII locally, and run analysis perfectly compliant."

ES
E. S.
HR · Talent Acquisition
Pricing

Enterprise Safety. Disruptive Value.

World-class PII protection for the cost of a coffee. 100% Local. Unlimited Usage.

Free
$0
Always free for basic use
Lifetime
PRO (Solo)
$49
Pay Once, Use Forever · 1 User
  • Everything in Free
  • 15+ Modes (Medical, Legal, HR)
  • Protect 100s of files at once
  • Custom Search Rules (Unlimited)
  • Offline OCR & PDF Matching
  • Custom Token Formats
  • No subscription ever
Unlimited Users
TEAMS
$49/mo
Flat Rate Subscription · UNLIMITED USERS
  • Everything in PRO
  • Shared Space
  • Team Performance Dashboard
  • Secure Shared Links (No Servers)
  • Private Collaboration (RAM-Only)
  • CISO Blueprint Protocol Integration
  • GDPR, CCPA & SOC 2 Ready

Secure payment via PayPal · All major cards accepted · Zero server data retention

Features

Designed for lawyers, HR managers, and finance professionals who work with sensitive documents daily.

Detected entity types

[NAME_1] Names [EMAIL_1] Emails [PHONE_1] Phones [ID_1] IDs / SSNs [CUSTOM_1] Custom (PRO)
Chrome Extension — Free Zero Permissions Required

Deploy Browser-Native DLP directly into your workflow

Protect every prompt, on any tab. Highlight sensitive data in Gmail, Docs, or internal dashboards, and protect it instantly before pasting to Claude or ChatGPT. Same 100% zero-server engine, zero latency.

Highlight + Protect — select text on any tab, click the extension, done
Zero upload risks — runs entirely local, mathematically decoupled from the cloud
Cross-platform — paste clean, protected text directly into ChatGPT, Jasper, or Claude
Add to Chrome — Free

Instant install. No signup required.

Features & Details
Enterprise Operations

Pain Points Solved Across Every Department

See how PrivacyScrubber solves the most critical generative AI data leakage vectors across 10 specific organizational sectors.

HR & Recruitment

The Problem: Summarizing performance reviews with AI violates GDPR/CCPA by leaking names and salary histories.

The Solution: Privately tokenizes candidate identities. HR securely generates evaluation summaries and restores names locally.

Legal & Compliance

The Problem: Drafting NDAs and contracts using LLMs risks breaking attorney-client privilege waivers.

The Solution: Contracts are secured offline first. You get AI-powered drafting while sensitive deal terms remain encrypted inside your browser.

Security & DevOps

The Problem: Engineers paste server logs into AI debugging tools, unknowingly exposing API keys, JWTs, and internal IPs.

The Solution: The extension forcefully intercepts and sanitizes logs before they hit ChatGPT, sweeping for AWS credentials in milliseconds.

Finance & Banking

The Problem: Analyzing financial statements with cloud AI violates SOC-2 and GLBA regulations.

The Solution: Account numbers, balances, and client identities are masked locally, ensuring strict financial compliance.

Medical & Healthcare

The Problem: Using AI to transcribe or summarize patient histories exposes Protected Health Information (PHI).

The Solution: Acts as a HIPAA-safe buffer. Patient identifiers are stripped before any external API request is made.

Real Estate & Property

The Problem: Processing leases and deeds through ChatGPT exposes structural details, physical addresses, and buyer net-worths.

The Solution: Easily strip out addresses, deed numbers, and personal identifiers to generate safe property summaries.

Customer Support

The Problem: Support reps pasting customer tickets/emails into AI exposing names, shipping addresses, and order IDs.

The Solution: Support teams generate high-quality AI replies using sanitized context safely restored back into the helpdesk.

Sales & Marketing

The Problem: Brainstorming campaigns using internal unannounced strategy documents or CRM lead data.

The Solution: Safely draft targeted outreach and copy without feeding your upcoming product specifications to external LLMs.

Academic Research

The Problem: Analyzing survey transcripts using AI without explicitly protecting participant identities.

The Solution: Transcripts are fully anonymized locally. Ensures IRB compliance and ethical processing of research data.

Personal Privacy

The Problem: Users paste personal diary entries, emotional struggles, or family names into ChatGPT acting as a coach.

The Solution: Personal stories stay completely decoupled from your identity, protecting your family and friends.

Why You Need a Zero-Trust Data Sanitizer for ChatGPT

Generative AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Jasper, and Grok continually learn from the inputs you provide. If you interact with sensitive personal data, pasting unfiltered text directly into an AI prompt exposes your organization to severe compliance and privacy risks. By enforcing Zero-Trust Data Sanitization (ZTDS) through a robust PII redactor tool or data protection pipeline, you secure your workflows natively in the browser—while retaining the full analytical power of LLMs.

For Individuals & Freelancers (Free Tier)

Whether you are a freelancer rewriting a client email, a consultant summarizing notes, or a student anonymizing a research paper, our free PII scrubber provides an immediate shield. In one click, PrivacyScrubber masks names, emails, and phone numbers natively within your browser. Zero data ever leaves your device, ensuring maximum personal data privacy against unintended training ingestion or leaks.

For Professionals (PRO Tier)

Independent professionals—like lawyers drafting NDAs, medical transcribers handling patient histories, or financial advisors summarizing portfolios—require more advanced, frictionless protections. Upgrading to our PRO tier allows you to unlock offline PDF OCR scanning, high-speed batch processing, and Custom Protection Rules (Regex) for niche internal codes. Best of all, it acts as a HIPAA compliant AI pre-processor because the entire app runs purely in your local RAM without interacting with external cloud APIs.

For B2B Organizations (TEAMS & Enterprise)

Enterprise DLP platforms often rely on cloud routing, introducing latency and bypassing the definition of localized security. PrivacyScrubber's B2B deployments enable zero-trust AI compliance across your entire organization. Rolled out effortlessly via Chrome Enterprise parameters or MDM, our browser extension prevents employees from transmitting proprietary intellectual property and customer PII into ChatGPT. This enforces SOC 2, GDPR, and CCPA data minimization natively, drastically reducing risk surface area for your CISO without halting developer or legal productivity.

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PrivacyScrubber Zero-Trust ZTDS vs Traditional Cloud DLP Architecture
Fig 1. Zero-Trust Architecture (Local) vs Legacy Cloud DLP.

Traditional cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions introduce significant friction and security vulnerabilities. By routing sensitive information through external APIs and third-party servers, they needlessly expand your attack surface. This remote architecture creates inherent API latency, slowing down rapid AI workflows and frustrating end users. Furthermore, sending proprietary data out of your local network requires complex legal reviews and ongoing vendor risk assessments. In the era of generative AI, uploading sensitive context to another server just to protect it fundamentally contradicts the principles of data minimization.

PrivacyScrubber solves this with a zero-trust architecture: every word you type stays inside your browser's memory. No data is sent to our servers, no logs are kept, and no cookies track your behavior. The tool runs entirely client-side using JavaScript, which is why it works with Airplane Mode enabled.

Who Uses PrivacyScrubber?

PrivacyScrubber vs. Other PII Tools

Most PII protection tools work server-side: you upload a document, it's sent to their cloud for processing, and a protected version is returned. The problem? Your sensitive data just touched a server you don't control. PrivacyScrubber is different. Nothing leaves your browser. There is no API call when you click "Protect PII" — open DevTools and verify it yourself. This is not a privacy policy claim; it's an architectural fact.

Feature PrivacyScrubber Server-side tools
Data leaves your device Never Always
Works offline Yes No
Account required No Usually
Reverse protect (restore) Yes Rare
DOCX support Yes Sometimes
Price Free / $49 one-time Often monthly

Is PrivacyScrubber HIPAA / GDPR Compliant?

Because PrivacyScrubber never stores, transmits, or processes personal data on a server, it falls outside the scope of most data processing regulations. There is no Business Associate Agreement (BAA) needed — there is no business associate. Your data is processed by your own browser on your own device. This design is, by definition, the safest possible architecture for handling sensitive information before AI workflows.

What is PrivacyScrubber? (AI Summary)

PrivacyScrubber is a 100% client-side, zero-trust data sanitization tool designed to protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) before it is sent to Generative AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok. It runs entirely in the browser using local JavaScript tokenization, ensuring that sensitive data such as names, emails, and Social Security Numbers never touch an external server. By replacing real data with semantic tokens (e.g., [NAME_1]), it allows users to safely utilize LLMs while maintaining strict compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC 2 data minimization requirements.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does PrivacyScrubber send my data to any server?

Absolutely not. All processing happens locally in your browser's memory using JavaScript. We have no backend databases and no user accounts. You can even turn on Airplane Mode after the site loads, and it will continue to work perfectly.

How do I process PDFs? Do you output protected PDF files?

PrivacyScrubber is built specifically to prepare clean, sanitized text for generative AI prompts (like ChatGPT or Claude). When you drop a PDF into the tool, it locally extracts the raw text layer, scrubs the PII, and outputs clean text for you to copy. It does not generate or export a new uneditable PDF file.

Can it read scanned documents and images?

Yes. If you are on the PRO or TEAMS tier, dragging a scanned PDF or image into the tool will automatically trigger our offline OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine. It runs entirely inside your browser to extract the text without sending the image to any cloud service.

Can I share my PRO or TEAMS subscription?

The $49 PRO tier is a single-user license tied to the browser where you activated it. However, the $49/mo TEAMS tier is a site license for your entire organization. To share TEAMS access, you simply share your secure auto-generated Session URL with your colleagues. Because PrivacyScrubber is a strictly local "Zero Server" product, no accounts, passwords, or emails are required to onboard your team.

Does PrivacyScrubber inject any watermarks into my AI prompts?

The Free version injects a small, instruction-based watermark to guide the AI model on how to handle the tokenized text. Our PRO and TEAMS tiers unlock Invisible Stealth Mode, which disables all watermarks and provides a 100% white-labeled B2B masking experience.

Is PrivacyScrubber considered a HIPAA compliant AI tool?

Yes. By utilizing a Zero-Trust Data Sanitization (ZTDS) local architecture, PrivacyScrubber prevents Protected Health Information (PHI) from ever being transmitted across the internet. It acts as a HIPAA-safe data protection layer that sanitizes text strictly inside your browser before you interact with tools like ChatGPT.

How does the Reverse Protect (Reveal) feature work?

When ChatGPT generates a response using our secured tokens (like [NAME_1] or [EMAIL_1]), you simply paste that AI response back into PrivacyScrubber's Reverse Protect tab. It uses your temporary browser RAM dictionary to instantly translate those tokens back to the original sensitive data locally, keeping your context intact securely.

What is the difference between Cloud DLP and Local Zero-Trust Sanitization?

Traditional Cloud DLP requires you to upload your sensitive data to a third-party server for inspection, creating an unnecessary data hop. Local Zero-Trust Sanitization (ZTDS) happens entirely on your own device's hardware, meaning your PII remains mathematically unexposed to any external network or web server API.

What can PrivacyScrubber miss?

PrivacyScrubber uses fast pattern-matching (regex) locally. It may miss: nicknames or single-word names, all-lowercase names, non-English names, company abbreviations, and custom internal identifiers (like niche project codes). Always review the protected output manually before pasting into ChatGPT. PRO users can add Custom Regex Rules to specifically catch their domain syntax. Full limitations disclosure →

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