--- sourceDocument: australia Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/delta-xanadu-australia Release : - australia ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - australia Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3ax bundleId : - delta3ax --- # Combined Data Privacy release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia # Combined Data Privacy release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Australia Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 8 minutes to read Summarize ![AI sparkle icon](https://servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ai-sparkle-icon) Summarized using AI This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. ## Summary of Combined Data Privacy Release Notes for Upgrades from Xanadu to Australia This consolidated overview guides ServiceNow customers through the key updates, features, changes, and activation information for Data Privacy from the Xanadu release through to Australia. It is designed to help you prepare for your upgrade by summarizing enhancements across multiple releases, enabling you to understand improvements in data discovery, anonymization, real-time protection, and compliance reporting. Show full answer Show less ## Important Upgrade Considerations * **Licensing Changes:** Starting from Xanadu, you can install Data Discovery, Data Discovery APIs, Data Anonymization, and Data Privacy APIs without entitlements, but entitlements are required to run jobs. * **Pre- and Post-Upgrade Tasks:** Review and complete necessary upgrade tasks to ensure smooth transition to Australia. ## Key Features Introduced Across Releases * **Parallel Child Job Execution (Xanadu):** Optimize job durations by running child jobs in parallel. * **Column-Level Encryption Visibility (Xanadu):** Security admins can view encryption status on discovery fields. * **AI/ML-Based Data Discovery (Yokohama):** Use Named Entity Recognition (NER) models for real-time anonymization of complex sensitive data patterns. * **Now Assist Integration (Yokohama):** Sanitize sensitive data entered via Now Assist prompts to prevent leakage without affecting responses. * **Attachment Scanning (Yokohama \& Australia):** Discover and report on sensitive data in attachments, including XLS and CSV support; real-time scanning quarantines sensitive files during upload. * **New Data Discovery Experience (Zurich):** Simplified UI with options for column-level discovery and anonymization of encrypted fields to support compliance. * **Real-Time Alerting and Blocking (Australia):** Field-level analysis of user input to alert or block sensitive data entry, coupled with detailed sensitive data logging. * **Expanded NER Models and RegEx Patterns (Australia):** Added AI/ML models for detecting various data types (e.g., address, job position) and enhanced base system regular expression patterns to align with global compliance. * **Anonymization Support for Catalog Variables (Australia):** Enable anonymization of sensitive data in catalog items and record producers. * **Enhanced Anonymization Reporting (Australia):** New dashboards provide quantitative insights into anonymization activities, supporting compliance audits and reporting. ## Notable Changes * **Increased Data Pattern RegEx Length (Xanadu):** The regular expression length limit increased to 1000 characters for more complex pattern matching. * **Support for Journal Fields (Xanadu):** Data Discovery and Anonymization now support journal fields via Workspace UI. * **Text-to-RegEx with Large Language Models (Zurich):** Create regex data patterns using Now Assist and approved third-party LLMs to simplify pattern creation. * **Improved Keyword Matching (Zurich \& Australia):** More precise regex keyword matching requires customers to adjust keyword variants for consistent detection accuracy. * **New Anonymization Job Filters and Policies (Australia):** Optional condition filters allow fine-tuning anonymization scope; specific policies for catalog variables enhance flexibility. ## Removed and Deprecated Features No features or functionalities related to Data Privacy were removed or deprecated between Xanadu and Australia releases. ## Activation Information * Data Privacy is activated via the `sndpstoreapp` plugin, available through the ServiceNow Store starting from Yokohama and onward. * Refer to activation documentation for detailed steps to enable Data Privacy features in your instance. ## Additional Considerations * No updates were introduced regarding browser requirements, accessibility, localization, or additional system requirements across these releases. * Highlighted UI improvements include enhanced dashboards for Data Privacy and Data Discovery, streamlined user experience, and integration with Now Assist for discovery and anonymization support. ## What This Means for ServiceNow Customers Upgrading through these releases equips you with advanced tools to discover, protect, and anonymize sensitive data more efficiently and in real time. The introduction of AI/ML models, enhanced regex capabilities, and real-time blocking and alerting empowers your teams to prevent data leakage proactively. Improved dashboards and reporting provide stronger audit trails and compliance evidence, while flexible anonymization policies allow you to meet specific business and regulatory requirements. Ensuring proper licensing and plugin activation will enable you to fully leverage these capabilities post-upgrade. Consolidated page of all release notes for Data Privacy from Xanadu to Australia. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Data Privacy release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Xanadu to Australia. Tip: If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release." ## Important information for upgrading Data Privacy to Australia Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | Licensing changes enable you to install Data Discovery, Data Discovery APIs, Data Anonymization, and Data Privacy APIs without an entitlement, but you must have an entitlement to run a job. | | Yokohama | Upgrade information : Licensing changes enable you to install Data Discovery, Data Discovery APIs, Data Anonymization, and Data Privacy APIs without an entitlement, but you must have an entitlement to run a job. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## New features Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Data Privacy. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__12} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | [Child job execution](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dps-create-anonymization-policies&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Run child parallel jobs to optimize the duration of your job executions. [Encrypt with column level encryption (CLE)](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=data-classification&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : As a security admin, view whether the discovery field is encrypted or can be encrypted. | | Yokohama | [AL/ML Based Data Discovery for Real Time Anonymization](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=now-assist-for-data-privacy-landing&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Use AI/ML data discovery using Named Entity Recognition (NER) models to discover sensitive data that does not follow a pattern like name, address, organizations, and more; and run real-time anonymization. [Configuring Data Privacy for Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-now-assist-data-privacy&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Sanitize sensitive data entered in Now Assist prompts to prevent data leakage without impacting the response. [Discover sensitive data from attachments.](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-data-discovery-jobs&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Discover and report on sensitive data from attachments. | | Zurich | [New Data Discovery experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=data-discovery-landing&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Use the new Data Discovery experience, which simplifies the experience of discovering and anonymizing PII. [Column-level discovery](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=granular-configuration&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Select a specific column of a table for granular scanning during data discovery jobs. [Anonymization of encrypted field](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dps-data-anonymization&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Anonymize encrypted columns to help you achieve compliance with data privacy regulations and defense-in-depth data protection. | | Australia | [Real-time alerting and blocking of sensitive data](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=real-time-protection&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Analyze user input in real time at the field level to identify sensitive data and alert users about potential sensitive data entry. You can also choose to block users from saving this information. [Data logs for real-time sensitive data](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dps-data-privacy-overview&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Leverage real-time alerting and blocking capabilities to obtain insights into where sensitive data is being entered into the instance and by which users. [Real-time sensitive data-scanning for attachments](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=attachment-quarantine-policies&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Scan attachments for sensitive data during user uploads into fields. If sensitive data is detected, the attachment is quarantined. This restricts the access and download of the file to the original document owner and authorized users until the admin reviews the files. [New Named Entity Recognition (NER) model data patterns](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=default-data-patterns&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Employ new AI/ML-based model data patterns (Address, City, State, Country, Job Position, and Salary) to detect and anonymize sensitive data. [Anonymization support for catalog variables](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dps-create-anonymization-policies&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Anonymize sensitive data in catalog items (including record producers) using anonymization jobs (in production and during cloning). [New base system Regular Expression (RegEx) data patterns](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dds-review-discovery-findings&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Employ new base system regular expression data patterns to detect and anonymize sensitive data in line with global compliance requirements. [Enhanced anonymization reporting](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dps-create-anonymization-job&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Demonstrate defensible compliance to regulators, auditors and internal teams using the new anonymization dashboard to provide quantitative insights into anonymization and data protection operations. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Data Privacy features. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__22} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | [Discover and anonymize journal fields](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=classifying-data&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Journal fields are now supported for Data Discovery and Data Anonymization with Workspace UI. [Data pattern regular expression length increased](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-data-discovery-patterns&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : The data pattern regular expression length limit is increased to 1000 characters. [New base system data patterns](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=default-data-patterns&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : New base system data patterns are supported. See [Default data patterns](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=default-data-patterns&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. [Indicators for Security Center dependencies](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sec-center&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Indicators for missing Security Center dependencies have been added. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | [Text to Regex from a LLM](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-data-discovery-patterns&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Create a regex data pattern with the help of Now Assist, which supports all third-party LLMs approved by ServiceNow. [Full scan support added](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-data-discovery-jobs&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Data Discovery jobs support full type scans, which scan for sensitive data patterns in all the records. You can also use an incremental scan, which acts as a delta scan from the point of the last full scan. [XLS and CSV support added](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=data-discovery-attachment-scanning&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Data Discovery attachment scan type jobs now support XLS and CSV files. Attachment scans are incremental scans by default. Key word matching : As part of key word matching when discovering sensitive data using regex, more precise data pattern matching has been implemented, using full strings of text. This may require customers to add more specific variants of keywords to achieve the same level of discovery precision as prior platform releases | | Australia | * Use the [improved anonymization dashboard](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dps-data-privacy-overview&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) to get more details about anonymization. For example, what data was anonymized and how (real-time or through anonymization jobs). * Use the new [real-time protection module](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=real-time-protection&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) to configure real-time alerting and your blocking policies. You can also view real-time sensitive data logs. New experience : * [Optional condition filter](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dps-create-anonymization-job&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) when running anonymization jobs to fine tune the scope of data to be anonymized. * [Specific anonymization policy](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dps-create-anonymization-policies&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for catalog variables to anonymize sensitive data in catalog requests. Key word matching : As part of key word matching when discovering sensitive data using regex, more precise data pattern matching has been implemented, using full strings of text. This may require customers to add more specific variants of keywords to achieve the same level of discovery precision as prior platform releases | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Australia, some Data Privacy features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__32} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Australia, some Data Privacy features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__42} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Data Privacy. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__52} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | Activation information : Data Privacy is available with activation of the Data Privacy Plugin (sn_dp_store_app). For details, see [Activate data privacy](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dps-activate-data-privacy&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US). Important: Data Privacy is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | | Zurich | Activation information : Data Privacy is available with activation of the Data Privacy plugin (sn_dp_store_app). For details, see [Activate data privacy](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dps-activate-data-privacy&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US). Important: Data Privacy is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | | Australia | Activation information : Data Privacy is available with activation of the Data Privacy plugin (`sn_dp_store_app`). For details, see [Activate data privacy](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dps-activate-data-privacy&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). Important: Data Privacy is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Data Privacy we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__62} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Data Privacy we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__72} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Data Privacy, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__82} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Data Privacy we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__92} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for Data Privacy we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__102} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | * Navigate an improved Data Privacy and Data Discovery UI in Next Experience dashboards. * Discover and anonymize sensitive data as it's entered with the real-time anonymization policy. * Anonymize and discover journal fields with expanded support and an increased data pattern regular expression limit of up to 1000 characters. See [Platform Privacy](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=privacy-landing-page&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Yokohama | * Leverage Data Privacy in Now Assist to discover sensitive data in Now Assist prompts and data send to models. * Sanitize sensitive data from Now Assist prompts without impacting response. * Discover sensitive data from attachments using enhanced Data Discovery jobs. See [Platform Privacy](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=privacy-landing-page&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Zurich | * Use a revamped Data Discovery interface, enhancing your Data Discovery experience with intuitive widgets, a streamlined user experience, and a guided setup for first-time users. * Target scans on specific table columns for discovery using column-level discovery and expanded support for Field Encryption. * Discover PII in Microsoft Excel and CSV files with expanded file support. * Generate regex patterns using prompts with the text-to-regex feature, which leverages Now Assist and supports all large language models (LLMs) approved by ServiceNow. See [Platform Privacy](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=privacy-landing-page&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Australia | * Discover and block sensitive data from user inputs to prevent it from entering the platform, alert users when sensitive data is entered to raise awareness, and leverage sensitive data logs to understand where and who is entering sensitive data. * Scan and quarantine attachments that contain sensitive data to restrict their access and downloading. * Define conditions for the anonymization of sensitive data to meet business specific requirements. Use the enhanced data anonymization dashboard to obtain insights and metrics about data protection and anonymization for executive reporting. See [Data Privacy](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=data-privacy-landing&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | [ ]