Redact resumes and HR files
To compare profiles, summarize experience, or prepare an evaluation with AI, first remove the personal data from the document: that way you protect its confidentiality.
Your document is not passed to any AI: it does not leave your computer and is not uploaded or stored. The name detector runs inside your browser. You can check it: after the first document, disconnect from the internet and it keeps working.
Options
Document language:
Citations of published works (“(Smith, 2019)” and the reference list) stay as they are. Turn it off for a blind review.
An italic paragraph, in the document’s language, that explains to the AI what the codes in brackets are and asks it not to try to guess the data.
Do you already have a HILO lookup table (from a dataset or another document)? Load it and the same people and data keep their codes.
First time using the anonymizer? To process your document without it leaving your phone, HILO has to download, only once, the dictionaries and files it needs (about 140 MB). We recommend using Wi-Fi. On a phone, the process may take longer than on a computer.
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People
ID numbers, phone numbers, and emails
Uncheck what you do not want to replace. The names you see here do not leave your computer.
To review
If you do not review them, they are covered anyway. Review them so you do not cover words that are not data.
Before downloading, look at this
These words were left in the anonymized document and could be people or data. Replace the ones that are.
An anonymous resume in three steps
1. Load it
Load the resume or the HR document, in Word or PDF.
2. Review
Review the name, contact details, and references; remove the photo if there is one.
3. Use it with AI
Compare profiles or prepare the evaluation with AI.
Contact details, IDs, and references
A resume has name, ID, date of birth, address, phone, email, and sometimes a photo; an HR file adds staff number, bank account, and relatives. They also name references and former bosses. HILO replaces people and that data; experience, education, and skills stay.
The photo is not covered: HILO warns you that the document has images so you can remove it before sharing.
What gets covered in a resume or HR file
What says who the person is, not what they can do:
- first and last name;
- ID, staff number, and bank account;
- phone, email, and address;
- references and relatives named.
Experience, education, and skills stay; the photo is not covered automatically, but HILO tells you it is there.
What you can ask the AI with anonymized resumes
With the full track record and without the names:
- compare candidates against the job profile;
- prepare interview questions;
- summarize each person’s experience;
- spot missing requirements.
Documents worth anonymizing before using AI
Plans
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- Keyword search, coding, and annotating, with no limit
- Unlimited downloads of the edited document
- Error diagnostics and tools for datasets
- Topic and code summaries
- Kappa calculator
- AI features (concept maps, assisted coding, checklist, logic model, variable operationalization), with your hilos
- Anonymize documents: 1 without an account, 5 per week with your account (ES · EN · PT)
- 325 hilos per week for AI features (renewed every Monday at 00:00 UTC)
- Change tracking (redline)
- Change history and traceability
- Anonymize documents: 50 per week (ES · EN · PT)
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The week renews on Monday. Each anonymized document you download counts once per file.
Not for now: HILO covers names, IDs, contacts, and addresses. If the date of birth is not needed for what you will do, delete it first.
Yes. Each resume is a document; with the lookup table you know afterwards who is who.
They stay, because they are usually part of what is evaluated. If one identifies too much, you can cover it in the final review.
Removing the name and photo reduces some biases, but not all: age, school, or neighborhood may remain in the text. Review it by your own criteria.
Each file is anonymized separately; with the lookup table, the same person keeps their code across all of them.