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# Data Privacy release notes

# Data Privacy release notes {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Yokohama  
Updated January 30, 2025  
![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read  
The ServiceNow®
Data Privacy application enables you to classify sensitive data, remove personally identifiable information (PII) from user data in a production instance, and anonymize data in production and non-production instances. Data Privacy was enhanced and updated in the Yokohama release.

## Data Privacy highlights for the Yokohama release {#data-privacy-rn__data-privacy-rn-highlights}

* Leverage Data Privacy in Now Assist to discover sensitive data in Now Assist prompts and data send to models.
* Sanitize sensitive data from Now Assist prompts without impacting response.
* Discover sensitive data from attachments using enhanced Data Discovery jobs.
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See [Platform Privacy](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=privacy-landing-page&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-security&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.{#data-privacy-rn__data-privacy-rn-highlights-2}
Important:  
Data Privacy is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.

## Important information for upgrading Data Privacy to Yokohama {#data-privacy-rn__data-privacy-rn-upgrade-info}

Licensing changes enable you to install Data Discovery, Data Discovery APIs, Data Anonymization, and Data Privacy APIs without an entitlement, but you must have an entitlement to run a job.{#data-privacy-rn__data-privacy-rn-upgrade-info-1}

## New in the Yokohama release {#data-privacy-rn__data-privacy-rn-new-features}

[AL/ML Based Data Discovery for Real Time Anonymization](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-for-data-privacy-landing&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-security&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Use AI/ML data discovery using Named Entity Recognition (NER) models to discover sensitive data that does not follow a pattern like name, address, organizations, and more; and run real-time anonymization.

[Configuring Data Privacy for Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-now-assist-data-privacy&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-security&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Sanitize sensitive data entered in Now Assist prompts to prevent data leakage without impacting the response.

[Discover sensitive data from attachments.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-data-discovery-jobs&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-security&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Discover and report on sensitive data from attachments.

## Activation information {#data-privacy-rn__data-privacy-rn-activation}

Data Privacy is available with activation of the Data Privacy Plugin (sn_dp_store_app). For details, see [Activate data privacy](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dps-activate-data-privacy&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-security&ft:locale=en-US).{#data-privacy-rn__data-privacy-rn-activation-1}