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

Entity	Description	Detection Methods
Aadhaar*	An Indian biometric ID number for residents.	regex
Academic	Academic qualifications or degrees.	lookup dictionaries
Address	A physical street or mailing address.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Age	A numerical representation of a person's age.	lookup dictionaries
Bank number	A numeric identifier for bank accounts.	regex, lookup dictionaries
BBAN	A Basic Bank Account Number.	regex
City	The name of a city.	lookup dictionaries
Code	A generic code or identifier.	lookup dictionaries
Credit card	A credit card number, typically 12-19 digits.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Crypto	A cryptocurrency wallet address, such as Bitcoin.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Date of birth	A person's birth date.	lookup dictionaries
Death date*	A person's death date.	lookup dictionaries
Device identifier	A unique identifier for a hardware device.	lookup dictionaries
Driver ID and licenses	A government-issued driving license or ID.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Email	An electronic mail address for message delivery.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Ethnicity	A descriptor for a person’s ethnic background.	lookup dictionaries
First name	A given name of a person.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Full name	The complete name of a person.	regex
Gender	A descriptor of a person’s gender identity.	lookup dictionaries
IBAN	An International Bank Account Number (IBAN).	regex
IP address	A numerical identifier for network communication.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Last name	A surname or family name.	regex, lookup dictionaries
License plate	A vehicle registration plate number.	regex
Location	A politically or geographically defined location.	lookup dictionaries, spacy
Mac address	A unique identifier for network devices.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Marital status	A descriptor of a person's marital condition.	lookup dictionaries
Medical license*	A common medical license number.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Medical record	A unique identifier for patient health records.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Middle name	A secondary given name.	regex
Name	A generic full name.	regex, lookup dictionaries
National ID	A national identification number issued by a government.	regex
NRP	A person’s nationality, religious, or political group.	spacy
Organization	The name of a formal group or institution.	lookup dictionaries, spacy
Passport	A government-issued travel document identifier.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Password	A secret string used for authentication.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Person	A full name of a person, including first and last names.	spacy
Phone number	A numeric identifier for telecommunication.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Pronoun	A linguistic term used to refer to a person without using their name.	regex
SSN	A U.S. Social Security Number, a unique personal identifier.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Suffix	A name component like "Jr." or "III".	regex
Swift	A unique identifier for a bank involved in international transactions.	regex
Tax identification number	A tax-related unique identifier issued by a government.	regex
Title	A formal designation like "Mr." or "Dr." used before a name.	regex
URL	A web resource locator.	regex, lookup dictionaries
User agent	A string representing a user's device and browser information.	regex
User name	A unique identifier used for system login.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Vehicle registration	A vehicle registration number.	regex, lookup dictionaries
Voter*	A unique identifier related to voting registration.	regex

Note: Entities marked with an asterisk (*) are only available when running a deep scan of the PII column scanner.

Adding a custom PII entity

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