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FOLIO provides the functionality to create granualar roles for user account access that are limited to the staff member's more narrow data access needs. Metadb does not yet have role based access functionality for user accounts, so all users see all data.  -- add info on granular user permissions featureSupport for more granular permissions has been added in Metadb 1.4: see https://gist.github.com/nassibnassar/9e8e63383db1dac0634b0cf371254dec . If there is a concern that just having the patron-identifying data residing in the database is a problem, however, support for more granular user permisions will not help to address data privacy issues.

Risks

Like many reporting databases, the data fields and tables in Metadb are woven together with a complex set of interdependencies, connections, and data relationships. Deleting data in a PostgreSQL reporting database without a thorough understanding of the impacts on its infrastructure and data integrity poses several significant risks. 

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Loan Anonymization Scripts

These scripts were reviewed and approved by Nassib. They were run by the hosting team for the first time on 5/9/25. They are being automated by the hosting team to run every Saturday at 9am ET going forward starting 5/17/25.

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Requester Anonymization Scripts

These scripts are being automated by the hosting team to run every Saturday at 9AM ET going forward starting 5/17/25will be reviewed by Nassib.

This query replaces the requester_id value with NULL on the request__t__ table if the the request row is historical:

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If there is a concern that just the data sitting there is a problem, support support for more granular user permisions does not help to address the issue.

What do you need from us for a feature to turn off history

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