AI API Gateway Data Privacy

Protect user data in AI systems with comprehensive privacy controls. Implement PII detection, data anonymization, encryption, and privacy-by-design principles for GDPR and CCPA compliance.

Privacy Protection Layers
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Encryption at Rest
AES-256 encryption for stored data
Active
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Encryption in Transit
TLS 1.3 for all communications
Active
🎭
PII Anonymization
Automatic detection and masking
Active
🗑️
Data Retention
Automated cleanup policies
Active

Privacy Features

Comprehensive data protection capabilities.

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PII Detection

Automatically identify sensitive information like names, emails, SSNs, and credit card numbers in API requests.

🎭

Data Anonymization

Replace PII with pseudonyms or tokens before sending to AI providers. Maintain referential integrity.

🔏

End-to-End Encryption

Encrypt sensitive data from client through gateway to AI provider. Zero-knowledge processing possible.

📋

Consent Management

Track and enforce user consent preferences. Honor opt-out requests across all data processing.

📊

Audit Logging

Comprehensive logs of all data access and processing. Support for regulatory audits and investigations.

Retention Policies

Automated data lifecycle management. Delete or anonymize data when retention periods expire.

Privacy Techniques

Methods for protecting sensitive data in AI systems.

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Tokenization

Replace sensitive values with non-reversible tokens.

Original: john.doe@email.com
Protected: TOKEN_A7B3C9D2
✂️

Masking

Partially obscure sensitive information.

Original: 4111-1234-5678-9012
Protected: ****-****-****-9012
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Generalization

Replace specific values with ranges or categories.

Original: Age 34, Zip 94102
Protected: Age 30-40, Zip 94***
🎲

Noise Addition

Add random noise for differential privacy.

Original: Income $75,000
Protected: Income $73,000-$77,000

Implementation Guide

Build privacy-aware AI gateway systems.

privacy_gateway.py Python
class PrivacyGateway:
    """Privacy-aware AI API gateway"""
    
    def __init__(self, pii_detector, anonymizer, encryptor):
        self.detector = pii_detector
        self.anonymizer = anonymizer
        self.encryptor = encryptor
        self.audit_log = AuditLogger()
        
    async def process_request(
        self,
        request: dict,
        user_context: dict
    ) -> dict:
        """Process request with privacy protections"""
        
        # Check consent
        if not await self.check_consent(user_context):
            raise ConsentRequiredError()
        
        # Detect PII
        pii_entities = await self.detector.scan(request)
        
        # Log PII detection
        await self.audit_log.log({
            'event': 'pii_detected',
            'entities': [e.type for e in pii_entities],
            'user_id': user_context['user_id']
        })
        
        # Anonymize PII
        anonymized, mapping = await self.anonymizer.anonymize(
            request,
            pii_entities
        )
        
        # Encrypt if required
        if user_context.get('require_encryption'):
            anonymized = await self.encryptor.encrypt(anonymized)
        
        # Store mapping for deanonymization
        await self.store_mapping(
            request_id=request['id'],
            mapping=mapping,
            ttl=3600
        )
        
        return anonymized
    
    async def process_response(
        self,
        response: dict,
        request_id: str
    ) -> dict:
        """Restore original values in response"""
        
        # Retrieve mapping
        mapping = await self.get_mapping(request_id)
        
        # Deanonymize response
        deanonymized = await self.anonymizer.deanonymize(
            response,
            mapping
        )
        
        # Audit successful processing
        await self.audit_log.log({
            'event': 'response_processed',
            'request_id': request_id
        })
        
        return deanonymized

class PIIDetector:
    """Detect PII in text using ML models"""
    
    def __init__(self):
        self.patterns = self.load_patterns()
        self.ml_model = load_pii_model()
        
    async def scan(self, data: dict) -> List[PIIEntity]:
        """Scan data for PII entities"""
        entities = []
        
        # Pattern-based detection
        for field, value in data.items():
            if isinstance(value, str):
                for pii_type, pattern in self.patterns.items():
                    matches = pattern.findall(value)
                    for match in matches:
                        entities.append(PIIEntity(
                            type=pii_type,
                            value=match,
                            field=field
                        ))
        
        # ML-based detection for complex cases
        text_fields = ' '.join(
            str(v) for v in data.values() if isinstance(v, str)
        )
        ml_entities = await self.ml_model.detect(text_fields)
        entities.extend(ml_entities)
        
        return entities

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