feat: add setting for config private fields in profile information report (#36688)

lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py

@@ -1497,7 +1497,6 @@ class GetStudentsFeatures(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, APIView):
                 'year_of_birth', 'gender', 'level_of_education', 'mailing_address',
                 'goals', 'enrollment_mode', 'last_login', 'date_joined', 'external_user_key'
             ]
-        keep_field_private(query_features, 'year_of_birth')  # protected information
 
         # Provide human-friendly and translatable names for these features. These names
         # will be displayed in the table generated in data_download.js. It is not (yet)
@@ -1509,8 +1508,7 @@ class GetStudentsFeatures(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, APIView):
             'email': _('Email'),
             'language': _('Language'),
             'location': _('Location'),
-            #  'year_of_birth': _('Birth Year'),  treated as privileged information as of TNL-10683,
-            #  not to go in reports
+            'year_of_birth': _('Birth Year'),
             'gender': _('Gender'),
             'level_of_education': _('Level of Education'),
             'mailing_address': _('Mailing Address'),
@@ -1521,6 +1519,10 @@ class GetStudentsFeatures(DeveloperErrorViewMixin, APIView):
             'external_user_key': _('External User Key'),
         }
 
+        for field in settings.PROFILE_INFORMATION_REPORT_PRIVATE_FIELDS:
+            keep_field_private(query_features, field)
+            query_features_names.pop(field, None)
+
         if is_course_cohorted(course.id):
             # Translators: 'Cohort' refers to a group of students within a course.
             query_features.append('cohort')