Introduction (v 1.5)
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 |
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 |
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/ blogpost/ space, and there are also no granted groups, the group 'confluence-administrators' will be assigned with 'admin' permission.