Map your personal data
Find personal data on your endpoints
Under the GDPR, personal data is anything that can identify a living person: names, emails, phone numbers, identifiers, and more. Maintaining records of processing and answering subject access requests both require you to actually know where that data sits.
FileSentinel reads inside your files and surfaces personal data, scoring each finding in context so a spreadsheet of customer records is escalated above a stray signature line. It runs on your own machine, so discovery does not become a transfer.
Personal data it surfaces
Identifiers FileSentinel flags
| Type | Examples |
|---|---|
| Direct identifiers | Names, email addresses, phone numbers |
| Government identifiers | National IDs, passport and tax numbers |
| Financial data | Payment cards, bank account and routing numbers |
| Special category | Health information and clinical terms |
Data minimisation
Less data, less risk
The GDPR rewards holding less. FileSentinel helps you find personal data you no longer need so you can delete or redact it, and supports subject access work by helping you locate everything tied to a person across your files.
- On-device
- Subject access support
- Redact & delete
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FAQ
Does FileSentinel make me GDPR compliant?
It supports the discovery side of GDPR: finding personal data so you can record, minimise, and respond to requests. Compliance also involves legal bases, policies, and processes beyond any scanning tool.
Can it help with subject access requests?
Yes. By scanning your files for a person’s identifiers, FileSentinel helps you locate the personal data you hold about them so you can respond accurately.
Does my data leave the EU or my machine?
No. FileSentinel scans locally with no uploads, so discovery does not create a data transfer.
Can I tune what counts as personal data?
Yes. Custom plain-text or regex rules let you target identifiers specific to your organisation and flag them as Crown Jewels.