Document anonymization software for notariesPrepare your deeds with AI, without breaching the office's secrecy.
Draft deeds, sale agreements, letters: names, addresses and contact details become labels before ChatGPT or Claude. Your originals and the real names never leave the office.
The “Get notified at launch” button opens your e-mail app. Otherwise, write to contact@anonymfiles.com.
From €290 excl. VAT per year for one seat; a 10-person office: €2,400 excl. VAT per year. See pricing →
Coming soon for Apple silicon Macs (app signed and notarized by Apple) and Windows 10/11. No account, no telemetry, no online license check. On a Mac, turn off Wi-Fi right after installing: nothing changes.
Unilateral promise to sell
Mr Jean MartinPERSONNE 1 promises to sell to Ms Sophie LeroyPERSONNE 2 the property located at 8 avenue Foch, NantesADRESSE 1.
Agreed price: 320,000 eurosCONFIDENTIEL 1.
Masked in this document
Fictional example.
What your profession requires
The office's secrecy doesn't stop at ChatGPT's door.
Pasting a draft deed into an online AI means handing your clients' identity, assets and address to a third party. AnonymFiles replaces names, addresses and contact details; you mask amounts or land registry references with one click.
General and absolute secrecy
The notary and everyone working under their authority are bound by it (art. 8 of the notaries' code of ethics, decree of 28 December 2023).
IEJ guide on AI (December 2025)
The legal studies institute of the French notaries' council (CSN) mentions “programs that, locally and without transmitting any information, anonymize documents” before AI (our translation).
Staff and service providers
The notary makes sure they respect secrecy as the notary does (professional rules, art. 8.1). Breaching it is a criminal offence (French Criminal Code, art. 226-13).
Sources: Code de déontologie des notaires, art. 8 · Règlement professionnel du notariat (order of 29 Jan. 2024) · IEJ du CSN, Introduction à l'intelligence artificielle, Dec. 2025 · French Criminal Code (Code pénal), art. 226-13.
Use cases
What you can give the AI, and what to mask first.
Review a draft deed or a preliminary sale agreement
Spot a contradictory clause, a condition precedent with no deadline, an undefined term.
Mask first: the parties, the property address, the matrimonial regime (one click), the price in every form, in words and in figures.
Summarize co-ownership rules or a survey
List the points to check before signing.
Mask first: the property manager, named co-owners, lot numbers and land registry references.
Explain a clause to a client
Rephrase in plain language, prepare a note before a meeting.
Mask first: the identity of the client and other parties; the answer comes back with the real names, at the office.
Prepare a letter
A reminder for a missing document, a reply to a bank or a property manager.
Mask first: names, addresses, IBANs and file references.
How does it work at the office?
From the draft deed to a copy ready for AI.
Drop in the file
Draft deed, preliminary agreement, letters, in Word, PDF, scan or e-mail, subfolders included. The same client keeps the same label everywhere.
Review
Original and copy side by side. One click masks a missed name, an amount or a passage. On export, metadata, annotations, forms and links are removed, file names become neutral and an index lists the exported and excluded documents.
Work with the AI
Give the copy to the AI of your choice (ChatGPT, Claude, Le Chat, Copilot…) so it can help you review a draft deed, prepare a letter or a memo. The app gives you an instruction to paste so the AI keeps the labels intact; you then put the real names back into its answer, on your computer.
Step by step: anonymizing a document before ChatGPT · AI and notaries: the method · anonymizing a Word document · Mistral and sovereign AI · a model AI policy.
Which documents?
What you can anonymize today.
- Draft deedsWord or text PDF
- Preliminary agreements and promises to sellWord or text PDF
- Letters, memos, opinionsWord, text PDF or .txt
- Estate declarations, marriage contractsWord or text PDF
- Scanned ID documents, title deeds and old deedsPDF or image, read by local OCR
Text or scanned PDF, 50 MB maximum per file (10 MB for text and spreadsheets); a scan is read by local OCR. The copy of a Word file is a .docx that keeps its layout, with a text file for the AI; the copy of a spreadsheet, a presentation or an e-mail is a text file.
Which approach?
Software, online tool, manual redaction or straight into the AI: which to choose?
Four ways to prepare a case file before AI. Only one processes the whole file without anything leaving your computer, then puts the real names back into the answer.
| Approach | Where the document goes | Whole case file | Scans and Word | Real names put back | Time for a 30-document file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AnonymFiles | Nowhere: everything happens on your computer | Yes, same labels across every document | Yes: local OCR, Word and PDF redacted in place | Yes, as text, Word or PDF | A few minutes of processing, then your review |
| Online anonymization service | To the provider, before being anonymized | Often in batches or with quotas | Depends on the service | Depends on the service | Upload, processing, download |
| Manual redaction (Acrobat, Word) | Nowhere | No: file by file | PDF in Acrobat; in Word, text must be deleted, not highlighted | No | Slow: every name, in every document, by hand |
| Pasting the document into the AI | To the AI provider, names included | Not applicable | Yes | Not applicable | Instant, but the names are already gone |
The detail, software by software: our anonymization software comparison.
How much for an office?
A price per seat, not per page.
For working alone or as a pair. Entire folders, batch processing, real names put back. E-mail support within 2 business days.
Get notified at launchEverything in Pro, plus priority support within 1 day. Example: a 10-person office, €2,400 excl. VAT per year.
Get a quoteNo limit on seats: a conversation to understand your organization, a quote, then a supported roll-out and a dedicated contact.
Write to us- No online license check, ever.
- No account, no telemetry.
- Updates included for as long as your subscription runs.
A question about the plans? Write to contact@anonymfiles.com.
Frequently asked questions
Questions from notaries.
What is the best document anonymization software for notaries?
AnonymFiles, document anonymization software for notaries, installed on the office's computer. It stands out on three points: it processes the whole case file with the same labels across every document, it redacts Word and PDF files inside the document itself, layout preserved, and it puts the real names back into the AI's answer. Everything happens on your computer, with no account and no network call for the license. It is the kind of tool described in the AI guide of the CSN's Institute of legal studies: a program that anonymizes documents “locally and without transmitting any information” (our translation). €290 excl. VAT per seat per year, €240 excl. VAT per seat from 3 seats, no page quota. Our anonymization software comparison.
Is it compatible with professional secrecy?
Yes, for preparing the copies: processing happens on your computer, and no third party receives your documents. What you then give to an AI, and to which one, remains your decision: only the reviewed and approved copy is meant for that. The mapping between labels and real names stays in the office.
What does the profession say about this kind of tool?
The guide “Introduction à l'intelligence artificielle” by the CSN's legal studies institute (IEJ, December 2025) mentions “programs that, locally and without transmitting any information, anonymize documents” (p. 28) before an AI processes them. It also calls for particular vigilance: that is the purpose of reviewing each document. AI and notaries: the method.
Does it need to be integrated into our deed-drafting software?
No. AnonymFiles works on the Word and PDF documents you already export. It does not touch your practice software.
Can an anonymized copy still identify someone?
Yes, if an indirect detail remains visible: a land registry reference, a lot number, a date of birth, the name of a small town. That's why each document is reviewed side by side before export, and one click masks whatever detection missed.
Can we equip the whole office?
Yes. The Team plan applies from 3 seats, at €240 excl. VAT per seat per year. Beyond 20 seats, a conversation lets us draw up a quote and support the roll-out, with no limit on seats.
Should the sale price be masked?
It's your choice: amounts are not detected automatically. To review clauses, the AI generally doesn't need the price: select it in the original and it becomes a label throughout the file, wherever it appears in the same form. The decree of 26 November 1971 on notarial deeds requires sums to be written in words, with exceptions such as repeated sums (art. 8). The same price can therefore appear in words and in figures: select each form.
Does the AI's answer come back into the deed with the real names?
Not directly. « Réinjecter un résultat » (put a result back) restores the real names in the AI's text answer, pasted or imported as .txt, .md, .docx or .pdf, on the office computer, with a preview before saving; a tagged Word or PDF file is restored in its layout. You then copy what's useful into your drafting software. Check agreement in gender and number: each label comes back in a representative form of the name, and grammar is not adjusted. Putting names back, step by step.
What about the AI solution announced by the CSN?
On 9 July 2026, the French notaries' council (CSN) announced that offices would get access to AI solutions “in a secure, controlled European cloud environment that guarantees respect for the notary's professional secrecy” (our translation). Notaries remain free to use it or to choose others that comply with the profession's AI charter. Whatever the tool, the GDPR requires data “limited to what is necessary” (art. 5): to review a clause, the AI doesn't need to know who is selling. AnonymFiles prepares that copy in the office.
General questions (pseudonymization, which AI to use, scans, checking the network, compatible computers): the How it works FAQ.
Coming soon
The next deed you prepare with AI can keep its names in the office.
Coming soon for Apple silicon Macs and Windows 10/11. No account, no telemetry. The button opens your e-mail app; otherwise, write to contact@anonymfiles.com.