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# [What Would Happen if We Tested Using Production Data?](https://blog.redactics.com/what-would-happen-if-we-tested-using-production-data?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A look at using production data to back automated automated tests and development, and data privacy considerations

Sep 22, 2022 · 5 min read · blog.redactics.com  
Updated Oct 12, 2022  
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## Written by

[Joe Auty](https://hashnode.com/@joeauty)

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DevOps/SRE engineer building Redactics

On multiple occasions in my career I've been tasked with creating production data samples and setting up environments to use this data. Seeing a pattern here, and having spent a lot of time working on perfecting this, I built a business out of this (https://www.redactics.com) and later found my co-founders to take the original concept, generalize it, and extend the original concept into full-fledged data privacy product with its initial focus around bringing safe production data into test, development (local and cloud-based), and demo environments.

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