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The AI risk multiplier: Why AI amplifies every data governance problem
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This post examines why most “AI governance” efforts fail at the model layer, how fractured data foundations derail trust and compliance, and why the only way to scale AI safely is to unify data governance and AI oversight at the infrastructure level.

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Deploy. Configure. Comply.

Start your Fides privacy engineering journey by running a DSR in under five minutes against real databases. Here's how to go from 0 → DSR. Scroll down to get started.

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Begin your journey with Fides

Get started guide

1. Download and install Fides

You can easily download and install Fides using pip, the package installer for Python. Copy, paste, and run the command below:

  • $ pip install ethyca-fides

Note that Fides requires Python (version 3.8 - 3.10) and Docker (version 20.10.11 or higher) to run on your machine.

If you'd like a hand with set up, join the Fides slack.

2. Deploy your Fides sample project: Cookie House

By default, Fides ships with a small project belonging to a fictional ecommerce store, Cookie House. Run the below command:

  • fides deploy up

This builds a Fides project with all you need to run your first Data Subject Request against real databases.

3. Explore Fides and the Cookie House sample project

When fides deploy up finishes you'll see a welcome screen explaining the key components of Fides and the sample Cookie House project. If your browser does not open automatically, you should navigate to:

The project contains the following:

  1. Fides webserver and Admin UI for administering privacy requests
  2. "Cookie House" sample ecommerce project to collect data
  3. Privacy Center to submit privacy requests, customized for "Cookie House"
  4. DSR directory on your computer, where results are saved

Here's what you'll see

Getting familiar with Fides

Fides admin UI
This is the webserver and Admin UI to manage Fides, including administering privacy requests (and more!) Username: fidestest Password: Apassword1! http://localhost:8080
"Cookie House" sample project
The Cookie House ecommerce store is the sample data stack for this project, with a storefront for orders and two databases (MongoDB and Postgres) managed through Fides.
Privacy center
The Cookie House sample Privacy Center is a lightweight Next.js app that allows you to accept privacy requests from users. You have control over its appearance and behavior.

4. Run your first DSR

Follow the below steps:

  1. Open the Privacy Center and submit a "Download your Data" request, using a sample user (jane@example.com).
  2. Login to the Fides Admin UI with username: fidestest and password: Apassword1!
  3. Review the new privacy request and approve it for processing.
  4. Once completed, review the results saved to the "fides_uploads" directory on your computer.

Welcome to Fides

Congratulations. You've just run an entire privacy request in under 5 minutes!

Want to see how this works in a real environment? Click below to speak with our privacy engineers and explore how Fides can integrate into your data systems in detail.

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