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Design system to detect privacy-leak records

System Design · ByteDance · Hard

Imagine you are responsible for analyzing a massive store of user records collected from many different systems. Records may contain structured fields as well as free-form text such as event logs, chat transcripts, notes, and documents. Your goal is to design an automated pipeline that detects records likely to contain privacy-sensitive data or personally identifiable information (PII). The system should flag both overt identifiers—for example, names, phone numbers, and…

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