Create anonymization policies

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title: Create anonymization policies
description: Configure an anonymization policy to specify which techniques are used when anonymizing your data.
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# Create anonymization policies

Configure an anonymization policy to specify which techniques are used when anonymizing your data.

## Before you begin

The data privacy configuration defines tables, `sys_user` and columns to anonymized information, depending on the use case and specific parameterized types of the techniques used.

**Note:** To complete a privacy configuration, you must first configure a data privacy technique configuration. See [Create anonymization techniques](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/platform-security/data-privacy-classic/dps-create-anonymization-techniques.md) for more information.

Role required: data\_privacy\_admin and admin

## Procedure

1.  Elevate to the **data\_privacy\_admin** role.

    For details on role elevation, see [Elevate to a privileged role](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/platform-security/t_ElevateToAPrivilegedRole.md).

2.  Navigate to **System Security** > **Data Privacy** > **Anonymization**.

    All anonymization policies display. Published policies are available to schedule the anonymization job.

3.  Select **Create new policy**.

4.  Select to either anonymize **Data tables or columns**, **User specific data**, **Catalog variable**, or **Real-time data**.

    |Data Type|Description|
    |---------|-----------|
    |Data tables or columns|Records that match the data policy will be anonymized.|
    |User specific data|Select a set of users or user groups to be anonymized.|
    |Catalog variable|Anonymize sensitive data stored in catalog item variables and form fields.|
    |Real time data|Anonymize real time entries for a set of columns.|

    Data privacy policies can only apply to classified data, for more information on data classification, see [Data classification](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/platform-security/data-privacy-classic/dps-data-classification.md).

5.  Select **Create**.

    There are sequential steps required to complete the policy. You must **Define details** and **Assign techniques**. **Select user reference** is also required when defining the policy for user specific data.

    For catalog variables, you will **Define details** and select the scope \(either **Service catalog request** or **Record producer**\), then review the **Data pattern anonymization**.

    **Note:** Data pattern anonymization uses the information currently in the active data pattern table.

6.  Define the details for the new anonymization policy, which will vary depending on the chosen data type.

    -   Enter the policy name in the **Name** field, and the policy description in the **Description** field.
    -   Define what channels automatically activate the policy and the channel priority in **Activation Channels**
    -   In the **Data to process** field, select the data class to use with this policy.
    -   If you're configuring real-time anonymization, you can select specific child tables from different scopes to include in your anonymization policy. Enter their columns in this field, then select the child tables in the following menu.
    **Note:** If you are not anonymizing an entry, select the **DoNothing** technique rather than leaving the entry empty. Policies with empty values in the Privacy Technique Configuration field cannot execute when used in data privacy jobs.

7.  Select **Continue** to move to the next configuration step.