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This content is only valid for DAS 3.2.0. |
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The Forget-me tool packed with DAS enables you to hide any PII (Personally Identifiable Information) sent to the product to be processed as well as remove references to deleted user IDs. See the following sections for details about the GDPR-compliancy of WSO2 DAS.
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- Stream Name: The name of the stream.
- Attributes: The list of attributes that contain PII.
- id: The ID attribute that needs to be replaced with the value of pseudonym argument when executing the tool.
Step 2: Configure the config.json file
In order to identify the streams and the stream attributes with PII, you need to create this file with definitions of the relevant streams and each attribute that contains PII (Personally Identifiable Information). This file must be placed in the <DAS_HOME>/repository/components/tools/identity-anonymization-tool-x.x.x/conf directory.
The analytics-streams processor needs to be added to the configuration file of the Forget-Me tool as shown on the sample below.
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log-file | <DAS_HOME>/repository/logs directory is the default location for logs. |
analytics-streams | Information persisted for the streams you specified in the
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Step 3: Execute the Forget-me tool
To execute the Forget-me tool, issue the following command pointing to the <DAS_HOME> directory.
forget-me -U <USERNAME> -d <CONF_DIR> -carbon <DAS_HOME>
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