Schedule redaction is the removal of PII from a contract's schedules under UK GDPR Recital 26. anonym.plus works on your device. It strips named staff and contacts from pricing and personnel exhibits but keeps the figures and tables.
When this applies
Schedules carry the detail: pricing tables, named key staff, and contact lists. To share the schedules for review, you clear the IDs but keep the figures.
How anonym.plus handles it
- Load the schedules into anonym.plus on your device.
- The tool scans pricing tables and personnel lists.
- Named staff and contacts get flagged.
- Confirm the flags and keep the figures.
- Swap or black out the IDs.
- Save the clean schedules on your machine.
What you need to provide
- The schedules (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, or mixed).
- A column map for known ID fields.
- An operator (Replace keeps tables readable).
PII entity types detected
| Category | anonym.plus entity type | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Names | PERSON | key staff → [STAFF] |
| Contact | EMAIL_ADDRESS | contact list → [EMAIL] |
| Pay | MONEY | named rate → [RATE] |
| Company | ORGANIZATION | supplier → [SUPPLIER] |
| Contact | PHONE_NUMBER | phone list → [PHONE] |
| Dates | DATE_TIME | schedule date → [DATE] |
Compliance achieved
- Supports UK GDPR Recital 26 for shareable exhibits.
- Keeps pricing tables and figures for review.
- Local-only work — nothing is uploaded.
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Limitations & cautions
Spreadsheet schedules mix tidy columns with free-text notes. Column rules handle the first well; notes need the same review as any clause. Test a sample before a full run on a large workbook.
Frequently asked questions
Can I clean a pricing spreadsheet?
Yes. A column map flags ID fields while the figures stay. Free-text cells get the same scan as any text.
Are named key staff removed?
Yes. Named people in a personnel schedule are PII and are flagged for removal.
Does it keep the table layout?
Yes. The Replace operator swaps each ID in place, so rows and columns stay aligned.