Sensitive Data Protection uses information types—or infoTypes—to define what it scans for. An infoType is a type of sensitive data, such as a name, email address, telephone number, identification number, or credit card number.
Every infoType defined in Sensitive Data Protection has a corresponding detector. Sensitive Data Protection uses infoType detectors in the configuration for its scans to determine what to inspect for and how to transform findings. InfoType names are also used when displaying or reporting scan results.
For more in-depth information about infoType detectors, see InfoTypes and infoType detectors.
The Sensitive Data Protection team releases new infoType detectors and groups
periodically. To get the latest list of built-in infoTypes, call the
infoTypes.list
method of Sensitive Data Protection.
InfoType descriptions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
FINANCIAL_ID |
A general infoType that represents private financial ID numbers for an individual. |
DOCUMENT_TYPE/LEGAL/BRIEF |
A legal brief is a document advocating a particular outcome of the case, presenting supporting points, law interpretations, and recommendations. |
FRANCE_DRIVERS_LICENSE_NUMBER |
A French driver's license number. |
MEXICO_CURP_NUMBER |
The Mexico Clave Única de Registro de Población (CURP) number, or Unique Population Registry Code or Personal Identification Code number. This is an 18-character state-issued identification number assigned by the Mexican government to citizens or residents of Mexico and used for taxpayer identification. |
ORGANIZATION_NAME |
A name of a chain store, business or organization. Note: Not recommended for use during latency sensitive operations. |
DOD_ID_NUMBER |
A Department of Defense ID number uniquely identifies a person associated with the US Department of Defense. |
STORAGE_SIGNED_POLICY_DOCUMENT |
A storage signed policy document is an HTML form used to upload objects. These uploads can overwrite existing objects and may contain many form fields (some of which may be optional) for further customization. All forms will use the *.googleapis.com and will be used for individual file uploads within a POST request form. The form must be UTF-8 encoded. |
KOREA_PASSPORT |
A Korean passport number. |
OBJECT_TYPE/PERSON/FACE |
Image of a person's face. This infoType detector is in Preview. |
HONG_KONG_ID_NUMBER |
The 香港身份證, or Hong Kong identity card (HKIC), is used as the main identity document for citizens of Hong Kong. |