Protecting Personal Identifiable Information with Azure AI

TLDR; The following post will outline both first party and open source techniques for detecting PII with Azure. Personally Identifiable information (PII), is any data that can be used used to identify a individuals such as names, driver's license number, SSNs, bank account numbers, passport numbers, email addresses and more. Many regulations from GDPR to HIPPA require strict protection of user privacy. If you are new to Azure you can get started a free subscription using the link below. Azure Cognitive Search is a cloud solution that provides developers APIs and tools for adding a rich search experience to their data, content and applications.