[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43545: Helper functions: Anonymizing data in a standardized way

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#43545: Helper functions: Anonymizing data in a standardized way
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 Reporter:  dejliglama          |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Options, Meta APIs  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch gdpr    |     Focuses:
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Comment (by allendav):

 Copied from #43550 (accidental duplicate)

 For example, come up with functions to provide replacement text for things
 like name and address fields that can be used by plugins when removing
 personal data. The ideal text will be recognizable by the administration
 as having been thus removed, e.g. "Anonymized User".

 Since email addresses are at the core of our export and removal strategy,
 the anonymized email address function should also probably support a
 random hash or some such, e.g. anonymized-user-123456abcdef@… to avoid
 creating a situation where all anonymized content ends up pointing at a
 single fictitious user.

 From the ticket scrub discussion in Making WordPress gdpr-compliance chat
 today.

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