✓ 27 EU Member States Covered

Your DPA. Your Entities. Your Language.

EU-native GDPR compliance tools with region-specific PII detection across all member states

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€5.88B
Cumulative GDPR Fines (2018–2026)
764
EDPB Investigation Decisions
273
Entity Types Detected
48
Supported Languages

The EU AI Act is the world's first comprehensive AI regulation. It reaches full applicability on August 2, 2026, requiring GPAI providers to document training data handling. Anonymizing PII before AI processing ensures Article 10 compliance.

NIS2 (Network and Information Security Directive 2) expands cybersecurity obligations across the EU. It applies to essential and important entities in 18 sectors. Compliance requires incident reporting within 24 hours and supply chain security measures.

Yes. Properly anonymized data falls outside GDPR scope (Recital 26). Since 2018, EU DPAs have imposed over €5.88 billion in fines. Anonymization reduces your data protection risk and simplifies DSAR responses.

🚀 EU AI Act High-Risk Deadline

August 2, 2026 — 4 months away

High-risk AI systems must comply with transparency, documentation, and human oversight requirements

DPA Coverage by Region

Find country-specific entities, regulations, and compliance requirements

🇩🇪 DACH Region

Germany, Austria, Switzerland • DSGVO/BDSG, DSG, nDSG • BfDI, DSB, EDÖB

13 Entity Types: Steuer-ID, SVN, ID Card, Passport, Tax Codes, License Plates

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🇫🇷 France & Benelux

France, Belgium, Luxembourg • RGPD, Loi Informatique et Libertés • CNIL, APD, CNPD

11 Entity Types: NIR, CNI, Tax IDs, SIRET/SIREN, Passport, License Plates

Explore France

🇪🇸 Spain & Portugal

Spain, Portugal • LOPDGDD, RGPD • AEPD (847 sanctions in 2023)

8 Entity Types: NIF/DNI, NIE, NSS, CIF, Passport, License Plates

Explore Spain

🇮🇹 Italy

Italy • Codice Privacy, D.Lgs. 196/2003 • Garante • €15M ChatGPT fine (2023)

7 Entity Types: Codice Fiscale, VAT Code, Health Card, ID Card, Passport

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🌍 All EU Entities

Complete registry of 273 PII types across all EU/EEA countries

Validation Algorithms: Luhn (SE), Modulus-11 (DK), Modulus-97 (BE)

Entity Catalog

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EU Data Protection Framework

A multi-layered compliance landscape requiring local expertise

🏛️ Primary Regulations

Region National Law DPA Key Deadline
🇩🇪 Germany DSGVO + BDSG BfDI (Bundesbeauftragte für Datenschutz) Audit within 2 years
🇦🇹 Austria DSGVO + DSG DSB (Datenschutzbehörde) Documentation 30 days
🇨🇭 Switzerland nDSG (Federal Act 2023) EDÖB (Federal DPA) DPA notification within 72h
🇫🇷 France RGPD + Loi Informatique et Libertés CNIL Prior authorization for certain processing
🇪🇸 Spain LOPDGDD AEPD €10M+ fines for breaches
🇮🇹 Italy Codice Privacy (D.Lgs. 196/2003) Garante GDPR compliance + national rules

📋 Key Compliance Requirements

  • Data Subject Rights: Access, rectification, erasure, portability, objection
  • DPIA (Data Protection Impact Assessment): For high-risk processing
  • Lawful Basis: Consent, contract, legal obligation, vital interests, public task, legitimate interests
  • International Transfers: Standard contractual clauses, adequacy decisions (post-Schrems II)
  • Data Subject Notification: Within 72 hours of breach discovery
  • Records of Processing (ROPA): Essential for audit trails and demonstrating compliance
  • Privacy by Design & Default: Technical and organizational measures required from day one
  • DPA Cooperation: Subject to investigation and enforcement actions

Common Use Cases

📊 Data Anonymization

Remove, mask, or hash PII before sharing datasets internally or with third parties for analytics, testing, or research.

🔒 GDPR Erasure

Fulfill "right to be forgotten" requests by identifying and removing region-specific personal identifiers from structured data.

🏥 Healthcare Compliance

Redact HIPAA/health identifiers (NHS numbers, health insurance codes) before sharing patient records for research.

⚖️ Legal Discovery

Mask personal data in documents during litigation to comply with court orders and privacy regulations.

🚀 AI Training Data Prep

Remove PII from training datasets to avoid data leakage, copyright violations, and regulatory penalties.

📱 Third-Party Data Sharing

Safely anonymize data before sending to cloud services, analytics platforms, or external vendors without losing insights.

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EU AI Act Compliance — Ready for August 2026

Article 10 — Training Data Governance

GPAI providers must document data governance practices, including how PII is handled in training datasets. Anonymize PII before AI processing to demonstrate Article 10 compliance with full audit trail.

Article 53 — Transparency Requirements

High-risk AI systems require transparency about personal data processing. anonym.legal generates compliance evidence for each anonymization operation, supporting your AI transparency obligations.

Risk-Based Classification

AI systems processing biometric, health, or financial PII face stricter requirements. Pre-anonymize sensitive data to reduce your AI system's risk classification and compliance burden.

The EU AI Act reaches full applicability on August 2, 2026. 108 compliance presets help you prepare now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

GDPR anonymization transforms personal data so individuals can no longer be identified, directly or indirectly. Under Recital 26, truly anonymized data falls outside GDPR scope entirely. anonym.legal detects 273 EU entity types across 27 member states and 48 languages.

Under GDPR Art. 15, you must respond within 30 days. anonym.legal helps by automatically detecting and cataloging PII in your documents, making it easy to locate, extract, or redact personal data for DSAR responses.

A Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) is required under GDPR Art. 35 when processing is likely to result in high risk to individuals — profiling, large-scale monitoring, or sensitive data processing. anonym.legal's audit trails provide evidence for DPIA documentation.

Yes. The EU AI Act (full enforcement August 2, 2026) requires PII protection in AI training data and high-risk AI systems. anonym.legal's MCP Server and API enable automated PII sanitization before AI processing — a key requirement for high-risk AI classification.

All 27 EU member state DPAs plus EEA authorities (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein). Entity detection covers country-specific identifiers: German Steuer-ID, French NIR, Italian Codice Fiscale, Spanish NIF, Dutch BSN, Polish PESEL, and more.