DATA ANONYMIZATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS

The technology described herein anonymizes images using a bifurcated neural network. The bifurcated neural network can comprise two portions with a local portion running on a local computer system and a remote portion running in a data center that is connected to the local computer system by a computer network. Together, the local portion and the remote portion form a complete neural network able to classify images, while the image never leaves the local computer system. In aspects of the technology, the local portion of the neural network receives a local image and creates a transformed object. The transformed object is communicated to the remote portion of the bifurcated neural network in the data center for classification.