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Officially verified details PrivHaven

A browser workstation that finds and removes personal data from CSV files on your own computer, then exports a reproducible report anyone can re-check. Files are never uploaded.

PrivHaven

PrivHaven Reviews and Details

This page is designed to help you find out whether PrivHaven is good and if it is the right choice for you.

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  • Finds the PII in your export, and names what it cannot confirm //
    2026-11-06
  • You set the action column by column, before anything changes //
    2026-11-06
  • Scrubbed on your device. The file is never uploaded. //
    2026-11-06
  • Tamper-evident evidence your auditor re-checks without us //
    2026-11-06

Features & Specs

  1. Finds personal data in CSV files

    Detects Social Security numbers, card numbers, IBANs, bank routing numbers, emails, phone numbers and dates of birth.

  2. Checksum validation

    Card numbers, IBANs and routing numbers are checked against their checksums, so fewer false matches reach your review.

  3. Column-by-column choices

    Review findings per column, then redact, mask, drop or flag each one. Free on files up to 10,000 rows.

  4. Consistent tokenization (Pro)

    Replace each value with the same token everywhere it appears, so one person stays one token across the file.

  5. Reproducible report (Pro)

    Export a tamper-evident report of what was found and what was done to each column, as JSON and PDF.

  6. Free, open source checker

    Anyone holding the original file can re-check the report with our free checker, without using PrivHaven.

  7. Large files

    Files are streamed on your own computer. Pro has no file size limit.

  8. Published rules and limits

    The detection rules, and what PrivHaven does not detect, are published on the site.

  9. No upload

    Everything runs in your browser on your own computer. Your file is never uploaded, and we never receive it.

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Questions & Answers

As answered by people managing PrivHaven.
  1. What makes PrivHaven unique?

    Two things together. First, your file never leaves your computer: PrivHaven runs in the browser you already have, so there is no upload step and nothing for us to receive, store or lose.

    Second, it leaves a record you can check. Pro exports a reproducible, tamper-evident report of what was found in a CSV file and what was done to each column. Anyone holding the original file can re-run our free, open source checker and get the same findings, without using PrivHaven and without trusting us. The report states facts, including what PrivHaven does not detect, and leaves the legal conclusion to your own DPO, auditor or counsel.

  2. Why should a person choose PrivHaven over its competitors?

    If you use a cloud scanning service, the file has to be sent to it first. With PrivHaven it is processed on your own machine and never uploaded.

    If you already use a tool that runs locally, the difference is the evidence. PrivHaven's report can be re-checked independently by anyone holding the original file, with an open source checker that does not include our engine, so "we scrubbed it" becomes something you can show rather than assert. Detection is checksum-validated for cards, IBANs and routing numbers, and the limits are published, so you know exactly what was and was not checked.

    Scanning is free and unlimited with no account, and Pro is $14 per user per month.

  3. How would you describe the primary audience of PrivHaven?

    Small teams and solo practitioners, roughly one to fifty people, who share CSV exports that contain personal data: data and IT teams preparing test or analytics data, finance and accounting staff sending files to a vendor or adviser, and consultants handling client data. The common thread is that they cannot upload the raw file to a cloud tool, and someone may later ask them to show what was removed.

    A secondary audience is anyone who wants to scrub a CSV before pasting it into an AI tool.

  4. What's the story behind PrivHaven?

    PrivHaven started from a simple gap. Removing personal data from a file is easy to claim and hard to show. A cleaned export usually arrives with a promise that it was scrubbed, and no way for anyone to check.

    So we built a scrubber that runs entirely in the browser, so the raw file never has to leave the machine it is on, and made its output checkable. Every run can produce a report that records the file's fingerprint, the exact rules that ran and what was found, and anyone holding the original file can reproduce those findings with an open source checker. We publish what PrivHaven detects and what it does not, because evidence is only useful if its limits are stated.

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