Purge Private Info

This option is used to purge the credit card number, bank number, and bank account number from the system, up through a cutoff (“purge to”) date. This information will be deleted, and any masked characters will be changed from “*” to “x”. An export option is available to export the private information to a secure directory before purging it, as a backup measure.

Purge private subscriber and account information

1. In character Circulation, select Purge Private Info from the System | Security menu.

   
2. Select Add and complete the fields described in the table below.

   Field	Type	What to enter
   ALL TABLES	yes/no	Indicate whether data should be purged in all tables. Enter “n” if you wish to purge only certain tables.
   TABLE	predefined	If All Tables is set to “n”, indicate the table that should be decrypted. The choices are: AutoRenewSubscription, AutoRenewTran, Carrier, CashTransaction, SubscriptionPayment and SubscriptionRefund.
   PURGE TO DATE	date	Private information on this date and prior will be purged, unless it does not meet the minimum days defined in the Business Rule, What is the minimum number of days private information must be retained before it can be purged? (General section).
   EXPORT DATA	yes/no	Indicate whether the private information should be exported to an ASCII file (e.g., as a backup) before being purged.
   EXPORT TO	open (50)	If Export Data is set to “y”, enter the directory to which the data will be exported. The default is /dti/exchange/cm/secure. Each table will be exported in a separate *.pur file in this directory.

3. Select Continue to purge the data. The private information will be removed from the system.