--- sourceDocument: brazil Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/delta-zurich-brazil Release : - brazil ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - brazil Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3bz bundleId : - delta3bz --- # Combined Data Privacy release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Brazil # Combined Data Privacy release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Brazil {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Brazil Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 6 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 Zurich to Brazil This consolidated release notes page guides ServiceNow customers upgrading Data Privacy from the Zurich release family through Australia to Brazil. It combines all feature updates, changes, deprecations, and activation information relevant to the Data Privacy product across these releases. Show full answer Show less ## Key Features * **Zurich Updates:** Introduction of a new Data Discovery experience with a simplified interface and guided setup, enabling more intuitive discovery and anonymization of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Added column-level discovery for granular scans on specific table columns and support for anonymizing encrypted fields to enhance compliance and data protection. Support for scanning attachments including Microsoft Excel and CSV files was also added, along with the ability to create regex data patterns assisted by Now Assist leveraging approved large language models (LLMs). * **Australia Updates:** Real-time alerting and blocking of sensitive data entry at the field level to prevent unauthorized data input. Enhanced capabilities to scan attachments for sensitive data during user uploads with quarantining functionality restricting access until reviewed by administrators. Introduced AI/ML-based Named Entity Recognition (NER) models for detecting data patterns such as addresses and salaries. Anonymization support was extended to catalog variables. A new anonymization dashboard provides detailed reporting and quantitative insights into anonymization activities. Additional real-time protection modules enable configuration of alerting and blocking policies. * **Brazil Updates:** No new features or changes were introduced in the Brazil release for Data Privacy. ## Key Changes * Enhanced precision in keyword matching for regex-based sensitive data discovery requires customers to refine keyword variants for consistent detection. * Full scan support was added to Data Discovery jobs with incremental scanning capabilities to improve efficiency. * Attachment scanning now includes XLS and CSV file formats with incremental scanning by default. * Optional condition filters were introduced when running anonymization jobs to fine-tune data scope, and specific anonymization policies for catalog variables were implemented in Australia. ## Activation Information Data Privacy is activated by enabling the **Data Privacy plugin (sndpstoreapp)**, available through the ServiceNow Store. This applies to all release families including Zurich and Australia. There are no new activation changes introduced in Brazil. ## Additional Notes * There are no removals or deprecations of Data Privacy features across these releases. * No new browser, accessibility, localization, or additional requirements were introduced in the Brazil release family. ## Practical Takeaways for ServiceNow Customers * When upgrading from Zurich through Australia to Brazil, leverage the enhanced Data Discovery and anonymization tools to better identify and protect sensitive data at a granular level, including encrypted fields and attachments. * Utilize the real-time alerting and blocking features introduced in Australia to proactively prevent sensitive data exposure through user input. * Use the new anonymization dashboard and reporting tools to demonstrate compliance with data privacy regulations. * Refine keyword regex patterns as needed due to increased precision in pattern matching. * Ensure activation of the Data Privacy plugin to access all features. * Note that Brazil release does not introduce new features or changes but includes important cumulative updates from previous releases. Consolidated page of all release notes for Data Privacy from Zurich to Brazil. ## 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 Zurich to Brazil. 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 Brazil Before you upgrade to Brazil, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## New features Between your current release family and Brazil, new features were introduced for Data Privacy. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__10} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Brazil, some changes were made to existing Data Privacy features. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__18} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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 | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Brazil, some Data Privacy features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__26} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Brazil, some Data Privacy features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__34} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Data Privacy. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__42} | Release | 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. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Data Privacy we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-dataprivacy-summary__entry__50} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | 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__58} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | 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__66} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | 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__74} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | 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__82} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | 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. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ]