Hey :slightly_smiling_face:
I would like to save sensitive information in AirTable.
Do you know a way to encrypt columns?
Thank you,
Frank
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Encrypt columns with sensitive information
Best answer by Dimitris_Goudis
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
+17Hi @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
Dimitris_Goudis wrote:
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
Hi @Dimitris_Goudis ,
I would like to make complete replacements.
In the best way AirTable should not see the real data at all.
Thanks
+17Sorry for my second question. Do you plan use those data after replacement? or will you keep them in encrypted version?
+27Welcome 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.
kuovonne wrote:
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.
Thank you very much for your help :slightly_smiling_face:
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