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Classification of personal data in incoming or outgoing data files in-line or pre-firewall. The invention determines which data owners and/or data associated with the data owners requires classification (e.g., which individuals/customers and/or data is applicable to internal or external regulations) and, subsequently determines the classifications and identifies the classifications in the data file the data owners and data within the data file so that the data can be routed according to the identified classifications. In specific embodiments machine-learning processing is used to learn, determine and/or predict which data owners and/or data associated with the individual/customers requires classification and the classifications to assign to those data owners and/or data elements.
