Audit Trail
A chronological, tamper-resistant record of data access and redaction activity used to prove compliance during a review.
Related terms
Redaction
Permanently removing or obscuring sensitive information from a document so it cannot be viewed or recovered.
Access Control
Rules and permissions that determine which people or systems can view, edit, or process specific data, often role-based.
Agentic Workflows
Automated, multi-step processes where AI agents perform tasks — retrieving insights, drafting reports — autonomously without exposing raw sensitive data.
AI Act (EU AI Act)
EU legislation that regulates AI systems by risk level, with penalties up to €35M or 7% of global turnover for non-compliance.
AI Anonymization
Removing or masking personally identifiable and confidential information from data before it reaches an AI or LLM, so the model never sees sensitive raw data.
AI Compliance
The practice of ensuring AI tools and workflows meet applicable data-protection and industry regulations before and during deployment.
See Audit Trail in practice
Questa AI anonymizes sensitive data before it reaches any AI model — across documents and live prompts, with governance and data-residency control.