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Detection · 18 entity types

What slim.io detects

Common entity types slim.io identifies, with an example of each, the context it needs, and how it is scored.

Identity & Finance

Financial identifiers & government IDs

Account numbers, routing codes, and personal identity documents spanning US and international formats.

SSN
078-05-1120
PHI PII
US Social Security Number. Pattern matching with contextual confidence scoring. Well-known test and placeholder values, like this example, are still reported, at low confidence and marked as test values, rather than silently dropped.
SIN
046-454-286
PII
Canadian Social Insurance Number. The Luhn checksum raises or lowers confidence.
Credit Card
4012 8888 8888 1881
PCI
Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, Diners and JCB number formats. The Luhn checksum raises or lowers confidence: a number that fails it can still be reported, at lower confidence. Numbers on slim.io’s list of published test cards can be dropped.
IBAN
DE89 3704 0044 0532 0130 00
PII
International Bank Account Number: a country code followed by the account digits, with mod-97 check-digit scoring.
SWIFT / BIC
DEUTDEDB
FIN
Bank identifier codes used in international wire transfers. Matches both 8 and 11 character BIC formats.
Routing Number
Routing: 021000021
FIN
US ABA routing number, detected next to a routing, ABA or transit label. The ABA check digit raises or lowers confidence.
Passport
Passport No. 963545637
PII
US, Canadian and Dutch passport numbers, detected next to a passport label. UK, machine-readable-zone and generic formats are available but off in the default classifier settings.
Driver's License
Driver's License: A1234-56789-01234
PII
A generic US format and all ten Canadian provincial formats, detected next to a licence label. Fifteen state-specific US formats are available but off in the default classifier settings.
Healthcare

Protected Health Information (PHI)

Medical record numbers, Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers and Canadian provincial health card numbers.

MRN
MRN: 4820571
PHI
Medical record numbers, detected with healthcare context such as an MRN label.
Medicare ID
MBI: 1EG4TE5MK73
PHI
Medicare Beneficiary Identifier: the 11-character CMS format, written without dashes and next to an MBI or Medicare label.
Health Card
Health Card: 9876543210
PHI
Canadian provincial health card numbers in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan formats, detected next to a label such as Health Card, OHIP, RAMQ or PHN.
Personal & Contact

Personal identifiers & contact information

Directly identifiable personal and contact information.

Email
jane.cooper@acme.co
PII
Pattern matching on ASCII email addresses, including plus-addressing. Placeholder domains such as example.com are excluded.
Phone
+1 (416) 555-0142
PII
North American phone numbers in nine format variants, with or without the +1 country code.
Date of Birth
DOB: 04/12/1985
PHI PII
MM/DD/YYYY, YYYY-MM-DD and month-first written dates, detected next to a date-of-birth label.
Person Name
Name: Sarah Kim
PII
First and last names, detected next to a label such as Name, Customer, Employee or Patient.
Address
Address: 42 Oak St, Portland OR 97201
PII
US street addresses next to an address label: house number, street name and suffix. Matching street addresses without a label is available but off in the default classifier settings.
Network

Network identifiers

Addresses that can identify a device or a connection.

IP Address
203.0.113.7
PII
IPv4 addresses.
MAC Address
00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5E
PII
Colon- or hyphen-separated 48-bit MAC addresses. This detector is available but off in the default classifier settings.