# How to encrypt the email addresses for compliance with privacy and PII laws?

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**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** privacy\
**Created:** [2월 11, 2015, 9:55오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-encrypt-the-email-addresses-for-compliance-with-privacy-and-pii-laws/25122 "2015-02-11T09:55:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2월 12, 2015, 5:32오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-encrypt-the-email-addresses-for-compliance-with-privacy-and-pii-laws/25122/3 "2015-02-12T05:32:47Z")

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Just encrypt the server filesystem is my recommendation, then all data “at rest” is encrypted. Nothing else is really practical.

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