TypeORM PII(Personally Identifiable Information) Compliance Service

• Cascading Personally Identifiable Information Disposal

Install

• NPM

$ npm install typeorm-pii-compliance --save

• Yarn

$ yarn add typeorm-pii-compliance

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API

PiiComplianceService Class

• Constructor(options?: PiiComplianceServiceOptions)
  • replaceChar(optional) : Character to be replaced when masking
    • '*' | '-' | string
  • beforeDisposal(optional) : Callback function called before disposal
    • (type: EntityType, entity: any) => Promise<void> | void

@PiiId() Decorator

• Options
  • hierarchyLevel(enum, required) : Sets the level of the information hierarchy to adjust processing priorities.
    • PiiHierarchyLevel.TOP : The top-level entity. Usually defined in User or Member entities. It will be processed last.
    • PiiHierarchyLevel.HIGHER, PiiHierarchyLevel.HIGH, PiiHierarchyLevel.MIDDLE, PiiHierarchyLevel.LOW , PiiHierarchyLevel.LOWER
    • PiiHierarchyLevel.LEAF : It is an entity at the lowest level, such as data in the history records. It is processed first.
  • strategy(enum, optional) : Disposal strategy
    • PiiDisposalStrategy.MASKING(default) : @PiiColumn() Mask the set column.
    • PiiDisposalStrategy.DELETE : Delete entity from data source.
  • group(string, optional) : Group
    • If there are multiple ID systems that recognize users, you can separate the processing contexts using the group.

@PiiColumn Decorator

• Options
  • maskingMethod(required) : Masking method
    • null : Change the data to null. Check if the column type is nullable.
    • zero : Change the data to 0(Number)
    • blank : Change the data to ""(blank string)
    • edge1 ~ edge8 : Masks 1 to 8 characters back and forth.
    • center1 ~ center8 : Masks 1 to 8 characters from the center.
    • email : Masks up to 5 characters before and after centered at @.
    • (<T>(value: T) => Promise<T> | T) : Custom transform callback.

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Usage 1. PiiDisposalStrategy.DELETE

• To delete entities with PII, set the @PiiId decorator in the user ID column to be used for filtering.

// Top level user entity
@Entity()
export class User extends BaseEntity {
  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
  @PiiId({ strategy: PiiDisposalStrategy.DELETE, hierarchyLevel: PiiHierarchyLevel.TOP })
  id!: number;

  // ... other columns
}

// Examples of tables includes PII that depend on users
@Entity()
export class OrderHistory extends BaseEntity {
  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
  seq!: number;

  @Index()
  @ManyToOne((type) => User, (parent) => parent.id)
  @PiiId({ strategy: PiiDisposalStrategy.DELETE, hierarchyLevel: PiiHierarchyLevel.LEAF })
  user!: User;

  // ... other columns
}

const service = new PiiComplianceService();
/*
 * If a user with User.id of 9999 withdrew, the deletion proceeds in the order of OrderHistory -> User entity when called as follows.
 */
await service.process(
  // User ID
  9999,
  // Callback
  async (type, entity) => {
    console.log(type, entity);
  }
);

Usage 2. PiiDisposalStrategy.MASKING

• Use the @PiiColumn decorator to mask some PII instead of deleting the Entity.

// Top level user entity
@Entity()
export class User extends BaseEntity {
  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
  @PiiId({ strategy: PiiDisposalStrategy.MASKING, hierarchyLevel: PiiHierarchyLevel.TOP })
  id!: number;

  @Column()
  @PiiColumn({ maskingMethod: 'edge2' })
  firstName!: string;

  @Column()
  @PiiColumn({ maskingMethod: 'edge2' })
  lastName!: string;

  @Column()
  @PiiColumn({ maskingMethod: 'email' })
  email!: string;

  // ... other columns
}

// Examples of tables includes PII that depend on users
@Entity()
export class OrderHistory extends BaseEntity {
  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
  seq!: number;

  @Index()
  @ManyToOne((type) => User, (parent) => parent.id)
  @PiiId({ strategy: PiiDisposalStrategy.DELETE, hierarchyLevel: PiiHierarchyLevel.LEAF })
  user!: User;

  // ... other columns
}

const service = new PiiComplianceService();
await service.process(
  // User ID
  9999,
  // Callback
  async (type, entity) => {
    console.log(type, entity);
  }
);

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