The HIPAA Address generator can be used to generate cities, states, zip codes, and latitude/longitude values that follow HIPAA guidelines for safe harbor.
The HIPAA Address generator can be linked. It can be self-consistent, but not consistent with another column. You cannot configure differential privacy.
The metadata object is populated from the HipaaAddressMetadata object, which includes: The type of address value that is in the column How to generate zip codes. You can generate zip codes that replace the last two digits with zeros, or use a real zip code from the same state.
The following example replacement for the HIPAA Address generator contains a single, unlinked column that contains a zip code value. The generator is configured to be consistent, and to not use zeros in the generated zip code values.