Encrypt columns with sensitive information

[F_H]

Hey :slightly_smiling_face:

I would like to save sensitive information in AirTable.
Do you know a way to encrypt columns?

Thank you,
Frank

[Dimitris_Goudis · Accepted solution]

Hi @F_H ,

how exactly do you want to encrypt those information? Do you mean to replace the data and keep the internal values or make a completed replacement ?

Thanks

[F_H]

Hi @Dimitris_Goudis ,

I would like to make complete replacements.
In the best way AirTable should not see the real data at all.

Thanks

[Dimitris_Goudis]

Sorry for my second question. Do you plan use those data after replacement? or will you keep them in encrypted version?

[kuovonne · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the Airtable community!

If you want to store sensitive data in Airtable, please do so with extreme caution.

Every collaborator on the base, even read-only collaborators, can do all of the following without your knowledge or notification:

• view all the data in the entire base
• duplicate all the data in the base
• share all the data in the base with someone else

Airtable does not have any native method of encrypting data. It is possible to use a custom script to encrypt data. However, keep in mind that if the data was stored in a record at any point, the original data is still visible in the record history.

You could use a script to input data, have the script encrypt the data, then have the script store the encrypted data in a record. However, that encrypted data is not particularly useful. If the base includes a system to unencrypt the data, everyone with access to the base can unencrypt the data.

[F_H]

Thank you very much for your help :slightly_smiling_face: