Monitor report redaction is the removal of personal data from an independent reviewer's findings. In UK financial regulation this is often a skilled person's report the FCA or PRA has required under FSMA 2000 s.166 — commissioned and paid for by the firm, but appointed to report on a specified aspect of the business back to the regulator. anonym.plus runs locally and keeps the findings and recommendations whole.
When this applies
A skilled person appointed under FSMA 2000 s.166, or another independent reviewer, reports on a company's remediation and names many staff. To circulate the findings internally, you clear those names but keep the assessment.
How anonym.plus handles it
- Load the file into anonym.plus on your device.
- The tool flags staff, reviewer, and contact names.
- Findings and recommendations stay untouched.
- Swap or black out the confirmed names.
- Save the clean copy on your device.
What you need to provide
- The write-up (PDF, DOCX, or export).
- An operator (Replace keeps it readable).
- Optional label map to keep one person steady.
PII entity types detected
| Category | anonym.plus entity type | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Names | PERSON | named staff → [EMPLOYEE_1] |
| Names | PERSON | the reviewer → [MONITOR] |
| Contact | EMAIL_ADDRESS | contact email → [EMAIL] |
| Dates | DATE_TIME | reviewed 14 Mar → [DATE] |
| Location | LOCATION | site visited → [SITE] |
| Identifiers | UK_NINO | staff no. → [ID] |
Compliance achieved
- Anonymous output sits outside scope by UK GDPR Recital 26.
- Recognises that many such reviews are FSMA 2000 s.166 skilled person reports, commissioned by the firm but reporting to the regulator.
- Local work keeps the reviewer's findings off any cloud.
- On-device AES-256-GCM guards the working files.
- Special category data under UK GDPR Art. 9 is flagged too.
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Limitations & cautions
A named staffer can be obvious from a unique role even with the name gone. Weigh this before wide release. The tool removes named people; it cannot judge when a title alone re-identifies.
Frequently asked questions
What is a skilled person report?
Under FSMA 2000 s.166, the FCA or PRA can require a firm to commission an independent report from a skilled person on a specified aspect of its business, and it is the firm, not the regulator, that pays for it.
Is the report safe to circulate internally after this?
In de-identified form, yes for wider internal use — but the version that goes to the regulator under s.166 is a separate, unredacted document; anonymisation here is about internal circulation, not the regulatory submission itself.
Can I keep one person consistent throughout it?
Yes. A label map maps the same person to one alias throughout the file.