[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44078: Add an email pseudonymization function that preserves first letter and TLD

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#44078: Add an email pseudonymization function that preserves first letter and TLD
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 Reporter:  allendav          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gdpr needs-patch  |     Focuses:
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Description changed by allendav:

Old description:

> In addition to the existing behavior of wp_privacy_anonymize_data(
> 'email', $email_address) which returns deleted at site.invalid, it would be
> useful, e.g. for debug logging to have another type that would return
> pseudonymized email addresses that retain a little bit of the original
> address, e.g.
>
> my-mailbox at mailprovider.com.ca could be come
> m*********@****************.ca
>
> Where the number of * corresponds to the letters removed, and only the
> first letter of the email address and the TLD are retained.
>
> See also https://iapp.org/news/a/top-10-operational-impacts-of-the-gdpr-
> part-8-pseudonymization/

New description:

 In addition to the existing behavior of wp_privacy_anonymize_data(
 'email', $email_address) which returns deleted at site.invalid, it would be
 useful, e.g. for debug logging to have another type that would return
 pseudonymized email addresses that retain a little bit of the original
 address, e.g.

 {{{#!php
 my-mailbox at mailprovider.com.ca
 }}}

 could become something like

 {{{#!php
 m*********@****************.ca
 }}}


 Where the number of * corresponds to the letters removed, and only the
 first letter of the email address and the TLD are retained.

 See also https://iapp.org/news/a/top-10-operational-impacts-of-the-gdpr-
 part-8-pseudonymization/

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