Navigate the Colorado AI Act (SB 205) and Colorado Privacy Act (CPA). Prevent algorithmic discrimination and manage high-risk AI system obligations with local data sanitization. Includes Flat-rate TEAMS pricing and Zero-server architecture.
Ilya SibiryakovPrivacy Architect
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100% Local Processing ✈ Airplane Mode Verified⊘ No Server Logs
AI Summary / Key Takeaways
Verified Zero-Trust Logic
"PrivacyScrubber provides the essential de-identification layer for Compliance professionals using generative AI. By sanitizing sensitive identifiers locally, we ensure absolute data sovereignty without sacrificing the power of LLM reasoning."
Paste real Compliance data into ChatGPT — only scrubbed tokens reach the model. Names, IDs, and emails stay on your machine.
Works offline: disconnect the network mid-session and it keeps running. Zero cloud dependency.
Your AI gets full context. Your clients' real identities never leave your browser tab.
Enterprise-Grade AI Privacy
Add custom redaction rules and priority support with PRO.
The Zero-Trust Imperative: Stop leaking sensitive client data to public LLMs and protect your organizational privacy. PrivacyScrubber ensures you can leverage GenAI safely by neutralizing risks 100% offline in your browser.
What Compliance Officers Send to AI — and What They Should Be Sending Instead
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To establish verifiable privacy for Colorado AI Act (SB 205) & CPA in GenAI workflows, companies must address the risk of data exfiltration. Using tools like PrivacyScrubber, local DLP rules, and compliance auditing tools without local redaction leaves compliance frameworks highly vulnerable. Our compliance AI privacy guides details how to build a resilient compliance security model that neutralizes failing to demonstrate technical controls for data masking while using external LLM providers before any cloud API is called.
When staff upload regulated compliance records or paste sensitive datasets into remote LLMs, each prompt poses a serious regulatory risk. Legacy API firewalls cannot meet the strict, granular auditing demanded by compliance standards. For compliance officers, DPOs, GRC managers, and legal counsel, the primary point of failure is sending raw prompt text to the cloud. Navigate the Colorado AI Act (SB 205) and Colorado Privacy Act (CPA). Prevent algorithmic discrimination and manage high-risk AI system obligations with local data sanitization. Includes Flat-rate TEAMS pricing and Zero-server architecture.
Privacy Insight: Colorado is the first state in the nation to enact comprehensive legislation (SB 205) regulating algorithmic discrimination in high-risk AI systems (employment, lending, healthcare, housing, and government services). Deployers of high-risk AI systems must exercise a duty of reasonable care, implement risk management programs, and complete annual impact assessments. Sanitizing sensitive demographic indicators and protected class identifiers locally prevents discriminatory training feedback loops and regulatory liability.
Why Compliance Compliance Teams Flag Unmasked AI Prompts
Compliance auditors look for explicit safeguards: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA PHI de-identification standards, and the EU AI Act 2026. Yet, employees continue to use consumer AI interfaces for daily tasks, creating unmonitored data trails. Adopting the strategies in washington my health my data act helps organizations build a defensible architecture that keeps records secure. The only standard that satisfies GRC is full browser-side data masking. Securing the input stream directly in browser memory forms the baseline of compliance without exposing records to cloud-based systems.
With local Zero-Trust Data Sanitization, PrivacyScrubber intercepts data in the browser through our Secure Workspace or the PrivacyScrubber Chrome Extension.
How to Use AI on Real Compliance Data — Without Sending a Single Real Name
With local Zero-Trust Data Sanitization, PrivacyScrubber intercepts data in the browser through our Secure Workspace or the PrivacyScrubber Chrome Extension. The Named Entity Recognition (NER) system replaces personal data markers with standardized tokens (such as [NAME_1]) in local memory. This design conforms with the standards in offline compliance audits, ensuring that cloud platforms only analyze sanitized text. The Chrome Extension automates this workflow by adding a quick protect toggle inside ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for instant inline sanitization and detokenization. By executing Named Entity Recognition entirely in local memory, PrivacyScrubber preserves the usefulness of PrivacyScrubber, local DLP rules, and compliance auditing tools for production workflows without introducing external risk.
We back this zero-egress architecture with the Airplane Mode Standard. Users can disconnect from the internet and run the scrubbing routine locally to verify that no network requests are dispatched. This meets the criteria for global compliance frameworks, proving that local-first execution is the ultimate shield for enterprise data.
Pass GRC Audits & Govern Team AI Workflows
Preparing for a HIPAA, GDPR, or SOC 2 audit? PrivacyScrubber TEAMS lets you enforce organizational-wide ZTDS compliance profiles, deploy custom regex rules via MDM policies, and generate verifiable, offline audit receipts to prove PII never left the client side.
Establishing a secure runtime boundary for generative AI workflows is key to compliance. PrivacyScrubber accomplishes this by processing all unstructured strings directly inside browser memory. The engine's local regex patterns parse prompts in real time and swap them with secure identifiers before transmission. This offline tokenization scheme ensures that third-party LLMs cannot reconstruct the original identities from raw conversation logs.
Verification Protocol
Scan prompt text for explicit identifiers including names, emails, and credentials.
Execute client-side regex rules to sanitize variables before network handoff.
Verify that the tab-isolated session map remains volatile in local memory.
Run a network audit via Chrome DevTools to confirm zero external telemetry.
Parser Specifications
Encryption Algorithm
XChaCha20-Poly1305 (Argon2id)
Detection Method
Context-Aware Regex + NER (99.5% Accuracy)
Data Egress Rule
Zero-Server Egress (Airplane Mode Verifiable)
Classification Standard
Maximum Privacy Guard
Associated Threat Level
Low (Inference Risk)
Instant Simulation
Colorado AI Act (SB 205) & CPA Sanitizer
Watch our zero-trust engine neutralize sensitive identifiers 100% locally. No data ever leaves your device.
Local processing 0 Server logs
ZTDS_ENGINE_V1.5.0
PROMPT INPUT > Analyze the email from Bob Smith (bob.smith@corp.com, tel 555-0123) regarding project timeline.
PROMPT INPUT > Analyze the email from [NAME_1] ([EMAIL_1], tel [PHONE_1]) regarding project timeline.
Compliance Detection Profile
Our zero-trust engine is pre-hardened for Compliance workflows, automatically identifying and tokenizing the following parameters 100% locally.
CUSTOMER_PII
Active Protection
AUDIT_LOG_ID
Active Protection
EMPLOYEE_NAME
Active Protection
REGULATION_REF
Active Protection
DPO_NAME
Active Protection
Zero-Trust Architecture
PrivacyScrubber operates entirely on your device. Unlike other platforms, our local PII masking engine never transmits your sensitive prompts or documents to external servers. All detection and restoration happens in your computer's local RAM.
No Backend Connection: Zero API calls, zero tracking, zero logs.
Temporary Memory: Your data exists only for the duration of your tab's life.
Verification Ready: Built for professionals who need to audit their security layer with global compliance frameworks.
Hardware-Level Verification
We encourage you to audit our zero-trust claims directly in your browser using the Airplane Mode Test:
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Open your browser's Network Monitor before you start scrubbing.
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Switch to Airplane Mode (physical or simulated) and protect your text.
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Verify that no data packets ever leave your machine.
ChatGPT & Enterprise LLMs Integration
Step-by-Step Integration Guide: Colorado AI Act (SB 205) & CPA
PrivacyScrubber operates entirely client-side. Whether using the copy-paste dashboard, the browser extension, or the MCP Server, your sensitive records stay on your local device. Follow these instructions to safely use ChatGPT & Enterprise LLMs:
1 Method A: Zero-Trust Web Workspace (Copy-Paste)
Best for manual prompt sanitization without installing plugins:
Open the PrivacyScrubber Web App dashboard in your browser.
Paste the raw text, clinical note, brief, or statement for Colorado AI Act (SB 205) & CPA.
Click Protect PII. Sensitive data is instantly swapped for secure placeholders (e.g., [NAME_1]).
Submit the sanitized prompt to ChatGPT & Enterprise LLMs.
Paste the AI's answer into the Reveal Originals box to instantly restore the original values.
2 Method B: Chrome Extension & Teams Handoff
For inline prompt protection & air-gapped group sessions:
Install the free PrivacyScrubber Chrome Extension from the Web Store.
Navigate to your AI chat interface. A PrivacyScrubber shield button appears inline in the chat prompt.
Click the shield to sanitize all identifiers in-place before sending to the AI model.
Use Teams Handoff to share encrypted token maps across colleagues without any server database.
Local Redaction & Risk Matrix for Compliance
Detection Entity
Token Placeholder
Risk Level
Security Action
CUSTOMER_PII Details
[CUSTOMER_PII]
Medium (PII Exposure)
Deterministic local swap
AUDIT_LOG_ID Details
[AUDIT_LOG_ID]
Medium (PII Exposure)
Deterministic local swap
EMPLOYEE_NAME Details
[EMPLOYEE_NAME]
Medium (PII Exposure)
Deterministic local swap
REGULATION_REF Details
[REGULATION_REF]
Medium (PII Exposure)
Deterministic local swap
DPO_NAME Details
[DPO_NAME]
Medium (PII Exposure)
Deterministic local swap
3-Step Execution Model
From Sensitive Legal Records to Safe AI Brief — 3 Steps, Zero Privilege Waiver
Open PrivacyScrubber or the Chrome Extension. Paste your real Colorado AI Act (SB 205) & CPA text. Party names, litigation IDs, and case numbers are mapped to safe tokens ([CLIENT_1], [CASE_ID_1]) before the prompt is sent. Maintain attorney-client privilege under ABA Model Rule 1.6 with 100% local RAM execution.
Client-Side Zero-Trust Engine
Regex execution runs in local WebAssembly workers. Zero outbound API calls.
Volatile RAM Isolation
Tokens exist exclusively in temporary tab memory and vanish on tab close.
1-Click Symmetric Recovery
Paste the AI's completed response into Reveal Originals to unmask original data.
Paste litigation transcripts, client emails, or NDA drafts into the PrivacyScrubber web workspace — or click the PrivacyScrubber shield icon directly inside ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. The in-DOM shield intercepts client identifiers before you hit send.
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Step 2: Litigants & Case Numbers Masked in RAM
Our zero-trust engine replaces litigant identities, confidential settlement figures, and case numbers with deterministic tokens. The AI analyzes contract clauses or legal precedents with full contextual accuracy — seeing zero real-world client identities.
Standard: ABA Rule 1.6 & Zero Cloud Egress (Volatile RAM)
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Step 3: 1-Click Reverse Reveal for Final Court Brief
Paste the AI's legal memo or redlined draft into Reveal Originals. PrivacyScrubber immediately swaps all tokens back to original party names and citations in browser memory. Close the tab and all mappings are destroyed forever.
Guarantee: Privilege intact · Destroyed on tab close
Compliance Adoption Use Cases
CISO Security TeamDLP GOVERNANCE
Zero-Trust Verified
Security teams deploy client-side sanitization to keep outbound AI prompts free of sensitive organizational data, avoiding complex multi-party DPA negotiations.
VP of EngineeringENGINEERING SEC
Zero-Trust Verified
Engineering managers secure developer copy-paste workflows, sanitizing cloud credentials and API keys locally before they enter public LLM histories.
Risk & Audit LeadCOMPLIANCE AUDIT
Zero-Trust Verified
Compliance directors verify local-only sanitization at the browser extension level, satisfying SOC 2 Type II controls for external AI data transmission.
Data Protection OfficerGDPR COMPLIANCE
Zero-Trust Verified
Data protection officers enforce client-side tokenization, keeping prompt text fully minimized and anonymous in compliance with GDPR data processing rules.
Scrub it before it reaches the AI — right from your toolbar
The free PrivacyScrubber Chrome Extension replaces names, emails, and IDs with safe tokens directly inside ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini — before you hit send. Nothing leaves your browser.
Your Whole Team on Real Client Data. Safely. $99/mo Flat.
No per-seat pricing. No DPA negotiation. No IT portal. Secure your entire organization with client-side PII masking — $99/month flat, unlimited users. SOC 2 & HIPAA ready. Works in Airplane Mode.
Zero-Trust Data Sanitization (ZTDS) — Verified Architecture
Independently auditable facts for Compliance compliance teams
Data transmission
0 bytes sent to any server
Processing location
100% browser RAM (volatile memory)
Session map persistence
Destroyed on tab close — never written to disk
Key derivation
Argon2id (memory-hard, server-independent)
Encryption cipher
XChaCha20-Poly1305 (authenticated encryption)
Offline verification
Airplane Mode Standard — full function without network
BAA / DPA required
No — zero PHI/PII reaches PrivacyScrubber servers
Audit method
Chrome DevTools → Network tab — zero outbound requests
How to audit: Open PrivacyScrubber, enable Airplane Mode, paste any compliance text, click Protect PII. Open Chrome DevTools → Network tab. Zero outbound requests will confirm 100% local execution. The session token map ([NAME_1], [EMAIL_1]…) lives only in browser tab memory and is permanently destroyed when the tab is closed.
COMPLIANCE FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about deploying zero-trust AI for Compliance Teams.
What is considered a high-risk AI system under the Colorado AI Act (SB 205)?
Under SB 205, a high-risk AI system is any artificial intelligence system that makes or is a substantial factor in making a consequential decision regarding education enrollment, employment, financial or lending services, healthcare services, housing, insurance, or legal services.
What affirmative duties do deployers of AI systems have in Colorado?
Deployers must: (1) implement a risk management policy and program, (2) conduct an annual impact assessment for high-risk systems, (3) notify consumers if AI is used to make consequential decisions, and (4) report discovered algorithmic discrimination to the Colorado Attorney General within 90 days.
How does PrivacyScrubber prevent algorithmic discrimination in AI models?
By stripping protected attributes (race, age, gender, exact location, religious affiliations) from prompts locally before submission, PrivacyScrubber ensures AI decision-support models evaluate candidates or applicants solely on merits, directly satisfying Colorado duty-of-care requirements.
Does protecting data with PrivacyScrubber before AI processing satisfy SOC 2 Type II?
Yes. Processing pseudonymized data for a secondary purpose (AI analysis or drafting) aligns with SOC 2 Type II because no personally identifiable data is transmitted to the AI provider. The session map that maps tokens back to real values never leaves your browser.
What specific PII does PrivacyScrubber detect for compliance workflows?
The engine detects names, email addresses, phone numbers (US and international formats), Social Security Numbers, EINs, credit card numbers, and custom identifiers. PRO users can add custom regex rules to match compliance-specific patterns such as proprietary account IDs, MRNs, or internal project codes.
Can I reverse the redaction if I use PrivacyScrubber to mask compliance data?
Yes. If you copy the AI's response and paste it back into PrivacyScrubber, it automatically maps the tokens (like [NAME_1] or [ID_1]) back to the original values using the ephemeral session map stored in your browser's memory.
Can PrivacyScrubber be used 100% offline without network requests?
Yes. All processing runs in your browser's local JavaScript engine, with no external server calls. Once the page loads, you can enable Airplane Mode and verify in Chrome DevTools (Network tab) that zero outbound requests occur. All cryptographic operations (including client-side pseudonymization and reverse-revealing) utilize hardware-accelerated XChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption and Argon2id key derivation running entirely inside browser RAM, ensuring your compliance data stays 100% on your device.
How can I verify that PrivacyScrubber sends zero data to servers?
Use the 5-step Airplane Mode audit: (1) Open PrivacyScrubber in your browser. (2) Disconnect your network connection (enable Airplane Mode). (3) Paste a text sample containing names, emails, and phone numbers. (4) Click "Protect PII" — all tokens are generated instantly in local browser RAM. (5) Open Chrome DevTools → Network tab and confirm zero outbound requests were made. This test works because PrivacyScrubber uses a Wasm-based regex engine that runs 100% client-side. The session token map (e.g. [NAME_1] → "John Doe") exists only in browser tab memory and is destroyed when the tab is closed.
Do I need a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) or GDPR Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with PrivacyScrubber?
No. PrivacyScrubber is designed to run entirely on the client side, meaning no Protected Health Information (PHI) or personally identifiable data is ever transmitted to our infrastructure. Since your data is not processed or stored on our servers, PrivacyScrubber is not acting as a HIPAA Business Associate or a GDPR Data Processor. Consequently, organizations typically determine that standard Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) or Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) are not applicable to PrivacyScrubber. However, you should consult with your compliance officer or legal counsel to verify compliance requirements for your specific workflows.
Can I customize detection rules for industry-specific data formats?
Yes. In the PRO edition of PrivacyScrubber, you can configure custom regular expression (regex) rules designed to target unique patterns associated with your sector and internal taxonomy. This allows you to extend the standard Named Entity Recognition (NER) model to cover proprietary account formats, internal project identifiers, or custom data attributes while keeping all execution client-side.
Is pasting sensitive data into ChatGPT safe?
Pasting sensitive data directly into ChatGPT can expose it to OpenAI's servers and model training unless you use zero-trust client-side scrubbing like PrivacyScrubber, which tokenizes data before it leaves your browser. Protect your workflows for $15/mo with PRO.
How does client-side PII redaction work?
Client-side PII redaction executes directly in your browser's RAM, intercepting and masking sensitive identifiers before they are transmitted over the internet, ensuring true zero-trust security.
How does the Secure Workspace differ from the Browser Extension?
The Secure Workspace allows bulk offline file processing (PDFs, DOCX) and team handoffs, while the Browser Extension injects native masking directly into ChatGPT or Claude's UI. Both are included in our zero-trust ecosystem.
What is the PII MCP Server used for?
The local Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server allows developers to automate PII sanitization in CI/CD pipelines, agentic workflows, and IDEs like Cursor—all executing 100% locally.
What Compliance Officers Send to AI — and What They Should Be Sending InsteadWhy Compliance Compliance Teams Flag Unmasked AI Prompts
Compliance auditors look for explicit safeguards: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA PHI de-identification standards, and the EU AI Act 2026. Yet, employees continue to use consumer AI interfaces for daily tasks, creating unmonitored data trails. Adopting the strategies in washington my health my data act helps organizations build a defensible architecture that keeps records secure. The only standard that satisfies GRC is full browser-side data masking. Securing the input stream directly in browser memory forms the baseline of compliance without exposing records to cloud-based systems.
How to Use AI on Real Compliance Data — Without Sending a Single Real Name
With local Zero-Trust Data Sanitization, PrivacyScrubber intercepts data in the browser through our Secure Workspace or the PrivacyScrubber Chrome Extension. The Named Entity Recognition (NER) system replaces personal data markers with standardized tokens (such as [NAME_1]) in local memory. This design conforms with the standards in offline compliance audits, ensuring that cloud platforms only analyze sanitized text. The Chrome Extension automates this workflow by adding a quick protect toggle inside ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for instant inline sanitization and detokenization. By executing Named Entity Recognition entirely in local memory, PrivacyScrubber preserves the usefulness of PrivacyScrubber, local DLP rules, and compliance auditing tools for production workflows without introducing external risk.
Is PrivacyScrubber safe for Colorado AI Act SB 205 compliance, Colorado Privacy Act AI, Colorado high risk AI algorithmic discrimination, CPA LLM duty of care, Colorado AI impact assessment?
Yes, absolutely. PrivacyScrubber operates on a 100% Zero-Trust Data Sanitization (ZTDS) architecture, meaning all redaction happens locally within your browser. When working with Colorado AI Act SB 205 compliance, Colorado Privacy Act AI, Colorado high risk AI algorithmic discrimination, CPA LLM duty of care, Colorado AI impact assessment, no sensitive data ever leaves your device or touches a cloud server.
How does it handle custom data structures for compliance?
Our engine includes 22+ built-in industry profiles optimized for compliance data. Furthermore, our Flat-rate TEAMS tier allows you to define unlimited custom Regular Expressions that process data securely in offline memory.
Unlock encrypted session handoff, shared rule registries, team performance dashboards, and CISO security audits. Flat $99/mo — no per-seat pricing.
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Instantly share PRO access with your employees
Your master license is safely activated. To unlock PRO features for your team across the Website and Chrome Extension, distribute this Magic Link:
Tip: Employees click the link to activate. No logins.
Keep this master link secure. Anybody with this URL can utilize your corporate TEAMS subscription.
Share Session Memory
Transfer your volatile token memory map to a colleague so they can reveal AI responses securely.
Zero-Trust Encryption
Hardware-accelerated AES-256-GCM. Key derivation via PBKDF2 (600,000 iterations). 100% Client-Side.
PRO / TEAMS
Enterprise Session Handoff
Collaborate without risk. Securely transfer volatile token memory maps directly to colleagues, enabling secure cross-device AI data restoration without saving anything to disk.
SAMPLE PREVIEW
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PrivacyScrubber
Zero-Trust Compliance Certificate
This document certifies that the data sanitization operation was executed entirely client-side on the user's local machine. Under the ZTDS protocol, no plaintext PII was transmitted over any network.
Timestamp:2026-07-17T12:35Z
Session Hash:a4b9c1d3...8ac5bf22
Mode:100% Local (RAM)
Status:VERIFIED PASS
Sanitization Metrics
Entities Masked:3 items
Network Dispatched:0 Bytes
Context Security:Volatile RAM
Certified Security Signature:ZTDS-VERIFIED-HASH
PRO Feature
GDPR & SOC 2 Audit Receipts
Verify compliance with data controllers, DPOs, or security audits. Download a signed PDF certificate generated locally in your browser to prove that no prompt data left your network.
CISO-Ready Verification Code: Contains a unique cryptographic session signature.
Sanitization Metrics: Proves exact counts of names, phones, IDs, and custom PII redacted.
Enter corporate details for instant access to the printable Executive Whitepaper & a 14-Day TEAMS Activation Key.
Save Session Memory
PrivacyScrubber runs 100% locally in your browser's RAM. Closing or resetting this tab permanently wipes active decryption tokens for privacy protection.
Zero-Trust Session Backup
Download your encrypted session file (.pssession). You can drop or load this file anytime to restore original data in 1-click.
DevSecOps Audit Report
Zero-Trust Directory Scan Complete. 100% Offline.
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Airplane Mode Challenge
Zero-Server · Zero-Trust · 100% Local
Turn off your Wi-Fi right now and try pasting text into the tool below. It processes 100% in your local RAM without sending any network requests.
Add to Device Home Screen
1-Click Launch & Instant Prompt Sanitization
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Tap the Share button in Safari or Chrome bar.
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Scroll down and select Add to Home Screen.
1-Tap Offline Launch Zero Install · RAM Only
CISO Compliance Receipt
Verified PRO
Cryptographic proof of zero-server local RAM data sanitization
