Privacy Shield - Personal Data Anonymizer

🔍 Project Description

Privacy Shield is a Python-based tool designed to anonymize personal data in CSV or text files. It automatically detects and replaces sensitive information such as names, emails, phone numbers, and credit card details, ensuring data privacy and compliance with regulations like GDPR and CCPA.

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🛠 Features

✅ Automatically detects and anonymizes names, emails, phone numbers, and credit cards
✅ Supports CSV and Text Files
✅ Customizable Masking (Fake data, Hashing, or "XXXX" masking)
✅ Fast and efficient using pandas and regex
✅ Helps in data privacy protection and secure data sharing

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📜 Installation

Install the required dependencies using pip:

pip install pandas faker

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📂 Usage

Run the Python script:

python privacy_shield.py

Follow the prompts:

1. Enter file type (csv/text)
2. Enter file path (e.g., data.csv or sample.txt)
3. Anonymized file is saved as anonymized_data.csv or anonymized_text.txt

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📊 Example Input & Output

🔹 Original CSV (data.csv)

Name	Email	Phone	Credit Card
Alice	alice@gmail.com	987-654-3210	1234-5678-9101-1121
Bob	bob@yahoo.com	876-543-2109	2345-6789-0123-4567

🔹 Anonymized Output (anonymized_data.csv)

Name	Email	Phone	Credit Card
John Doe	michael12@example.com	555-123-4567	XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
Sarah Smith	anna.williams@mail.com	333-987-6543	XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX

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🚀 Future Enhancements

🔹 Encrypt anonymized files before sharing
🔹 Add database support (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
🔹 Web-based UI for easy usage