Introduction (v 1.3)

How does it work?

User Anonymization is done by removing all references to a Confluence user and replace them with a new anonymous technical user.

You should first create an anonymous technical user in your own Confluence instance. Then you can use our “User Anonymizer for Confluence” app to change the references of a user to your new anonymous user. Optionally, you may delete the user or remove the user from an external user directory sync after the anonymization process, depending on your requirements.

Where does Confluence store personal data?

There are plenty of places where Confluence does store personal information. The following elements are supported to be anonymized by “User Anonymizer for Confluence”.

Pages / Blog posts	creator	replace with anonymous user
	last modifier	replace with anonymous user
	like	remove user
	watcher	remove user
	text mentions	replace with anonymous user
	mentions in inline tasks	replace with anonymous user
	user in restrictions	remove permissions
	mentions in historic versions	replace with anonymous user
Comments	creator	replace with anonymous user
	last modifier	replace with anonymous user
	like	remove user
	text mentions	replace with anonymous user
	mentions in historic versions	replace with anonymous user
Attachments	creator	replace with anonymous user
Attachments	last modifier	replace with anonymous user
Macros	mentions in core macros	replace with anonymous user
	user as macro parameter	replace with anonymous user
	mentions in macros with static body that support Wiki content	replace with anonymous user
	user in parameters of “Content by Label” macro	replace with anonymous user
	user in core macros in historic versions	replace with anonymous user
User Follows	follower	remove user
User Follows	following	remove user
Spaces	space creator	replace with anonymous user
	blog watcher	remove user
	space watcher	remove user
	personal space	remove space
	user in restrictions	remove permissions

If we anonymize a user in a page, space or blog post permission, and the user is the last one who has admin permission to the page/ blog post/ space, and there are also no granted groups, the group 'confluence-administrators' will be assigned with 'admin' permission.

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