Researchers develop a system for automatically hiding confidential information in text documents
(WorldNews Spain)

The researcher David Sánchez, from the CRISES-UNESCO Chair research group on data privacy at the URV`s Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, and the researcher Montserrat Batet, from the KISON research group at the Open University of Catalonia, have developed a system that can automatically detect and hide confidential information in text documents. This allows the documents to be sent to third parties without compromising the privacy or anonymity of the individuals and organisations that the documents refer to. Nowadays personal data are highly useful in many ambits such as research, business and planning. For example, patients` data stored in medical records are essential for...