11. An apparatus comprising: a communication interface, which is configured to receive a transcript of communication data; and a hardware processor, which is configured to: apply at least one private information rule to the transcript to identify private information in the transcript; tag the identified private information with a tag comprising an identification of the private information; apply at least one compliance rule to the tagged transcript to evaluate a compliance of the transcript with privacy standards; remove the identified private information from the transcript to produce a redacted transcript; store the redacted transcript, wherein prior to applying the at least one private information rule, define the at least one private information rule by performing the steps comprising: 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.
11. An apparatus comprising: a communication interface, which is configured to receive a transcript of communication data; and a hardware processor, which is configured to: apply at least one private information rule to the transcript to identify private information in the transcript; tag the identified private information with a tag comprising an identification of the private information; apply at least one compliance rule to the tagged transcript to evaluate a compliance of the transcript with privacy standards; remove the identified private information from the transcript to produce a redacted transcript; store the redacted transcript, wherein prior to applying the at least one private information rule, define the at least one private information rule by performing the steps comprising: 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. 12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein affiliated words identify word lists that contain words that define the start and the end of potential private information, wherein indifferent words identify word lists that include terms which are permissible to appear in the private information, wherein inhibited words contain lists for specific phrases that must not appear in private information or disqualify a word string from being identified as that private information, wherein marker words identify words that must appear in the transcript at a position relative to the identified potential private information.