TruePrivacy + MongoDB
Discover personal data in MongoDB collections and automate deletion.
Overview
MongoDB is the leading NoSQL document database, used to store flexible JSON-like documents that often contain personal data in nested structures. TruePrivacy integrates with MongoDB to discover personal data across collections and documents, classify fields by category, and execute deletion operations for DSR compliance — even in documents with deeply nested personal data.
MongoDB's schema-less nature makes personal data discovery more complex than in relational databases — TruePrivacy's document scanning engine handles nested objects, arrays, and mixed-type fields to ensure comprehensive personal data coverage.
What TruePrivacy can do
Data types accessed
- •User profile documents
- •Order and transaction documents
- •Event and log documents
- •Nested personal data in sub-documents
- •Array fields containing personal identifiers
DSR capabilities
- Delete or anonymise documents containing personal data
- Export document data for access requests
- Search across collections using field-level queries
- Handle nested and array field deletion
How it works
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Create a dedicated MongoDB user for TruePrivacy with read access to relevant databases and collections.
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TruePrivacy samples documents across all collections to discover personal data fields, including nested and array fields.
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DSR requests are matched against MongoDB documents by email address, user ID, or configured field paths.
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Deletion requests use MongoDB's $unset and deleteOne/deleteMany operators to remove or anonymise personal data across matching documents.
Frequently asked questions
TruePrivacy samples a configurable number of documents from each collection to discover the fields that are actually in use. It builds a field map that accounts for optional and nested fields, ensuring personal data is discovered even in documents with variable schemas.
Yes. TruePrivacy supports MongoDB Atlas (cloud), self-hosted MongoDB, and MongoDB on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Connection uses standard MongoDB connection strings with SSL/TLS.
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