Metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations (Public Preview)

PreviewJul 2, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Snowflake is rolling out metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations in Snowsight to help you identify databases that are likely to contain sensitive data and enable classification with one click.

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https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/2026/other/2026-07-02-metadata-based-sensitive-data-classification-recommendations-preview

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