# Blindfold

## Docs

- [REST API Reference](https://docs.blindfold.dev/api-reference/rest-api.md): Complete HTTP API documentation for Blindfold
- [Best Practices](https://docs.blindfold.dev/best-practices.md): Production-ready patterns for using Blindfold effectively and securely
- [Compliance & Legal](https://docs.blindfold.dev/compliance.md): How Blindfold helps you meet GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, EU AI Act, CCPA, LGPD, and SOC 2 requirements
- [CCPA / CPRA Compliance](https://docs.blindfold.dev/compliance/ccpa.md): Protect California consumer data in AI applications
- [Data Residency](https://docs.blindfold.dev/compliance/data-residency.md): Keep sensitive data in the right jurisdiction when using AI
- [EU AI Act Compliance](https://docs.blindfold.dev/compliance/eu-ai-act.md): Meet the world's first comprehensive AI regulation requirements
- [GDPR Compliance](https://docs.blindfold.dev/compliance/gdpr.md): How to process EU personal data through AI models while staying GDPR-compliant
- [HIPAA Compliance](https://docs.blindfold.dev/compliance/hipaa.md): Protect PHI in healthcare AI applications with US data residency
- [LGPD Compliance](https://docs.blindfold.dev/compliance/lgpd.md): Protect Brazilian personal data in AI applications
- [PCI DSS Compliance](https://docs.blindfold.dev/compliance/pci-dss.md): Protect cardholder data in AI-powered payment applications
- [SOC 2 Compliance](https://docs.blindfold.dev/compliance/soc2.md): How Blindfold supports SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria for AI applications
- [Error Handling](https://docs.blindfold.dev/essentials/error-handling.md): HTTP status codes and error responses
- [Policy Management](https://docs.blindfold.dev/essentials/policies.md): Pre-configured and custom policies for consistent PII detection across your organization
- [Regions](https://docs.blindfold.dev/essentials/regions.md): Choose where your data is processed for compliance and latency
- [Supported Entities](https://docs.blindfold.dev/essentials/supported-entities.md): 60+ PII entity types detected by Blindfold
- [Supported Languages](https://docs.blindfold.dev/essentials/supported-languages.md): Languages supported by Blindfold's PII detection engine
- [Examples](https://docs.blindfold.dev/examples.md): Practical examples for integrating Blindfold with OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, and more
- [FAQ](https://docs.blindfold.dev/faq.md): Frequently Asked Questions about Blindfold
- [Getting Started](https://docs.blindfold.dev/getting-started.md): Complete guide to integrating Blindfold with your AI application
- [Introduction](https://docs.blindfold.dev/index.md): Open source PII detection SDK for AI applications — protect sensitive data before sending to OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, or any LLM
- [AI Integrations](https://docs.blindfold.dev/integrations.md): Protect PII before sending to OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Vercel AI SDK, AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, or any LLM
- [Detection](https://docs.blindfold.dev/methods/detection.md): Detect PII in text without modifying it
- [Encryption](https://docs.blindfold.dev/methods/encryption.md): Encrypt sensitive data using AES encryption
- [Hashing](https://docs.blindfold.dev/methods/hashing.md): Create consistent identifiers without exposing original data
- [Masking](https://docs.blindfold.dev/methods/masking.md): Partially hide sensitive data while maintaining usability
- [Redaction](https://docs.blindfold.dev/methods/redaction.md): Permanently remove sensitive data from text
- [Synthesis](https://docs.blindfold.dev/methods/synthesis.md): Replace real data with realistic fake data
- [Tokenization](https://docs.blindfold.dev/methods/tokenization.md): Replace sensitive data with reversible tokens
- [Quickstart](https://docs.blindfold.dev/quickstart.md): Start protecting PII before sending to OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, or any LLM
- [RAG Pipeline Protection](https://docs.blindfold.dev/rag.md): Protect PII in Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipelines with selective ingestion redaction and query-time tokenization
- [CLI](https://docs.blindfold.dev/sdks/cli.md): Official Blindfold CLI
- [.NET SDK](https://docs.blindfold.dev/sdks/dotnet-sdk.md): Official .NET SDK for Blindfold — detect, tokenize, mask, redact, hash, encrypt, and synthesize PII
- [Go SDK](https://docs.blindfold.dev/sdks/go-sdk.md): Official Go SDK for Blindfold — detect, tokenize, mask, redact, hash, encrypt, and synthesize PII
- [Guardrails AI](https://docs.blindfold.dev/sdks/guardrails.md): PII detection and protection validator for the Guardrails AI framework
- [Java SDK](https://docs.blindfold.dev/sdks/java-sdk.md): Official Java SDK for Blindfold — detect, tokenize, mask, redact, hash, encrypt, and synthesize PII
- [JavaScript SDK](https://docs.blindfold.dev/sdks/javascript-sdk.md): Official JavaScript/TypeScript SDK for Blindfold
- [LangChain](https://docs.blindfold.dev/sdks/langchain.md): PII protection for LangChain chains and RAG pipelines
- [MCP Server](https://docs.blindfold.dev/sdks/mcp-server.md): Blindfold MCP Server for Claude, Cursor, and other AI assistants
- [Python SDK](https://docs.blindfold.dev/sdks/python-sdk.md): Official Python SDK for Blindfold