What Australian practices want to know
Plain answers on where client details end up, what the Privacy Act asks of you, and the price.
What exactly is Nonimo?
Nonimo is Mac and Windows software that swaps client details for placeholders before a word reaches an AI. Names, TFNs and other identifiers become labels like [PERSON_1] on the practice computer, and your real details are put back when you copy the AI's reply.
How does Nonimo help day to day?
Nonimo looks after client details in four spots: Excel, Word and PDF files, licence or passport copies, AI chats in Chrome and Safari, and any program. In any program, you highlight text and press a single key before pasting it into an AI.
Which apps and browsers does Nonimo work with?
Nonimo works in any program on Mac or Windows, from Outlook to Word to Teams. Select what you need and tap one key. In Chrome and Safari, the Nonimo extension runs inside ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, alongside the Nonimo app.
Does any client information go overseas with Nonimo?
No, Nonimo covers the text on the computer in front of you, and none of it is sent to Nonimo. After that, where the covered text goes is between you and your AI provider.
Is the text Nonimo covers anonymised or pseudonymised?
Text covered by Nonimo is pseudonymised, not anonymised. Names and numbers become labels like [PERSON_1] on your computer, and because the way back sits there too, the text isn't de-identified in Privacy Act terms.
De-identified vs pseudonymised under Australia's Privacy Act
Can Nonimo help us with our Privacy Act obligations?
Yes, Nonimo supports an Australian practice in meeting its Privacy Act 1988 obligations. With TFNs and client names stripped before pasting, less personal information gets to the AI provider, and that can count as one of the reasonable steps under APP 11.1.
Which AI tools can you use under Australia's Privacy Act?
Will the AI's reply have my client's details back in it?
Yes, Nonimo puts your client's details back into the AI's reply, on your computer. Select the draft, press your Nonimo key again and every placeholder such as [PERSON_1] turns back into the right name, TFN, BSB or Ahpra registration number.
Is there a Nonimo extension for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini in Chrome and Safari?
Yes, the Nonimo extension works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, paired with the Nonimo app on your Mac or Windows computer. Chrome users add it from the Chrome Web Store; on a Mac, the Safari version comes with the app.
Get it from the Chrome Web Store
Can I hide parts of my driver licence and watermark the copy before I send it to an agent or employer?
Yes, Nonimo's online ID tool lets you hide the licence number, card number or signature and watermark the copy. It all happens inside your browser on your own computer, with nothing uploaded to a server and no account to create.
Redact your driver licence
What does Nonimo cost a practice?
Nonimo's Free plan tops out at 100,000 redacted words per calendar month, with no card or login. Personal or Team scraps that ceiling at A$21.90 monthly, or A$219 if paid yearly, and Team bills that rate per person.