Build a Policy-Aware AI Gateway in Python: Data Protection + Policy Enforcement with policyaware

Most AI apps ship without any real governance layer. Prompts flow raw to models, sensitive data ends up in logs, and nobody finds out until a compliance audit or a breach. I built policyaware to fix that — a Python-first package that gives you data protection and policy enforcement in front of any AI system. This article is a hands-on technical walkthrough. Every section has working code. By the end you will have a pattern you can wire into any AI gateway or agent pipeline today. Quic...