Supported PII & PHI entities

Syntho contains predefined recognizers for Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI) entities. This page describes the different entities Syntho can detect and the method Syntho employs to detect those.

List of supported entitites

Global

Entity Type	Description	Detection Method
CARDINALITY	Any unique identifying number, characteristic, or code.	Cardinality / Uniqueness scan
CREDIT_CARD	A credit card number is between 12 to 19 digits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_card_number	Pattern match and checksum
DATE_TIME	Absolute or relative dates or periods or times smaller than a day.	Pattern match and context
EMAIL_ADDRESS	An email address identifies an email box to which email messages are delivered	Pattern match, context and RFC-822 validation
IBAN_CODE	The International Bank Account Number (IBAN) is an internationally agreed system of identifying bank accounts across national borders to facilitate the communication and processing of cross border transactions with a reduced risk of transcription errors.	Pattern match, context and checksum
IP_ADDRESS	An Internet Protocol (IP) address (either IPv4 or IPv6).	Pattern match, context and checksum
NRP	A person’s Nationality, religious or political group.	Custom logic and context
LOCATION	Name of politically or geographically defined location (cities, provinces, countries, postcodes, international regions, bodies of water, mountains)	Custom logic and context
PERSON	A full person name, which can include first names, middle names or initials, and last names.	Custom logic and context
PHONE_NUMBER	A telephone number	Custom logic, pattern match and context
MEDICAL_LICENSE	Common medical license numbers.	Pattern match, context and checksum
URL	A URL (Uniform Resource Locator), unique identifier used to locate a resource on the Internet	Pattern match, context and top level url validation

USA

FieldType	Description	Detection Method
US_BANK_NUMBER	A US bank account number is between 8 to 17 digits.	Pattern match and context
US_DRIVER_LICENSE	A US driver license according to https://ntsi.com/drivers-license-format/	Pattern match and context
US_ITIN	US Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Nine digits that start with a "9" and contain a "7" or "8" as the 4 digit.	Pattern match and context
US_PASSPORT	A US passport number with 9 digits.	Pattern match and context
US_SSN	A US Social Security Number (SSN) with 9 digits.	Pattern match and context

UK

FieldType	Description	Detection Method
UK_NHS	A UK NHS number is 10 digits.	Pattern match, context and checksum

Adding a custom PII entity

Please ask Syntho for instructions on how to add a new Recognizer for a new type of PII entity.