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AI Privacy-Minded Router: PII Detection for Privacy, Security, & Compliance

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Modern AI systems are powerful but pose privacy risks when handling sensitive data.

Organizations need AI capabilities while ensuring:

✅ Sensitive data never leaves secure environments
✅ Compliance with regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI, SOX)
✅ Real-time decision making about data sensitivity
✅ Comprehensive audit trails for regulatory review

The Concept:

Intelligent Data Classification + Smart Routing

The goal of this concept is to build the foundations of the safe and compliant use of LLMs in Agentic workflows by automatically detecting sensitive data, applying sanitization rules, and intelligently routing requests through secure processing channels.

This workflow will analyze the user's chat or webhook input and attempt to detect PII using the Enhanced PII Pattern Detector.

If detected, the workflow will process that input via a series of Compliance, Auditing, and Security steps which log and sanitizes the request prior to any LLM being pinged.

Why Multi-Tier Routing?

Traditional systems use binary decisions (sensitive/not sensitive). Our 3-tier approach provides:

Granular Security: Critical PII gets maximum protection
Performance Optimization: Clean data gets full cloud capabilities
Cost Efficiency: Expensive local processing only when needed
User Experience: Maintains conversational flow across security levels

Why Context-Aware Detection?

Regex patterns alone miss contextual sensitivity.
Our approach:

Catches Intent: "Bank account" discussion is sensitive even without account numbers
Reduces False Negatives: Medical discussions stay secure even without explicit medical IDs
Proactive Protection: Identifies sensitive contexts before PII is shared
Compliance Alignment: Matches how regulations actually define sensitive data

Why Risk Scoring vs Binary Classification?

Binary PII detection creates artificial boundaries.

Risk scoring provides:

Nuanced Decisions: Multiple low-risk patterns might aggregate to high risk
Adaptive Thresholds: Organizations can adjust sensitivity based on their needs
Better UX: Users aren't unnecessarily restricted for low-risk scenarios
Audit Transparency: Clear reasoning for every routing decision

Why Comprehensive Monitoring?

Privacy systems require trust and verification:

Compliance Proof: Audit trails demonstrate regulatory compliance
Performance Optimization: Identify bottlenecks and improve efficiency
Security Validation: Ensure no sensitive data leakage occurs
Operational Insights: Understand usage patterns and system health

How to Install:

All that you will need for this workflow are credentials for your LLM providers such as Ollama, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.

This workflow is customizable and allows the user to define the best LLM and storage/memory solutions for their specific use case.