5. The method of claim 1 , wherein removing the identified private information from the transcript to produce a redacted transcript comprises replacing the private information with a name of the tag itself.
1. A method for automatic removal of private information, comprising: receiving a transcript of communication data; applying at least one private information rule to the transcript to identify private information in the transcript; tagging the identified private information with a tag comprising an identification of the private information; applying at least one compliance rule to the tagged transcript to evaluate a compliance of the transcript with privacy standards; removing the identified private information from the transcript to produce a redacted transcript; and storing the redacted transcript, wherein prior to applying the at least one private information rule, defining the at least one private information rule by: defining lists of related terms, wherein each of the lists of related terms include an identifier or name, and defining at least one category of private information with respect to one or more of the lists of related terms, wherein the at least one category is selected from the group consisting of affiliated words, indifferent words, inhibited words, and marker words, wherein the at least one private information rule includes a length and a tolerance, wherein the length is a number of words included in the private information and the tolerance identifies a number of words that can be included in the private information that do not match the at least one private information rule.