Supported customer content (PII) entity categories in conversations
Use this article to find the entity categories that can be returned by the conversational PII detection feature. This feature runs a predictive model to identify, categorize, and redact sensitive information from an input conversation.
Entity categories
The following entity categories are returned when you're sending API requests PII feature.
Category: Person
This category contains the following entity:
Entity
Name
Details
All first, middle, last or full name is considered PII regardless of whether it is the speaker’s name, the agent’s name, someone else’s name or a different version of the speaker’s full name (Chris vs. Christopher).
To get this entity category, add Person to the pii-categories parameter. Person will be returned in the API response if detected.
Note
As of the 2023-04-15-preview API onwards, this category is 'Person' instead of 'Name'.
Supported document languages
en
Category: PhoneNumber
This category contains the following entity:
Entity
PhoneNumber
Details
All telephone numbers (including toll-free numbers or numbers that may be easily found or considered public knowledge) are considered PII
To get this entity category, add PhoneNumber to the pii-categories parameter. PhoneNumber will be returned in the API response if detected.
Supported document languages
en
Category: Address
This category contains the following entity:
Entity
Address
Details
Complete or partial addresses are considered PII. All addresses regardless of what residence or institution the address belongs to (such as: personal residence, business, medical center, government agency, etc.) are covered under this category.
Note:
- If information is limited to City & State only, it will not be considered PII.
- If information contains street, zip code or house number, all information is considered as Address PII , including the city and state
To get this entity category, add Address to the pii-categories parameter. Address will be returned in the API response if detected.
Supported document languages
en
Category: Email
This category contains the following entity:
Entity
Details
All email addresses are considered PII.
To get this entity category, add Email to the pii-categories parameter. Email will be returned in the API response if detected.
Supported document languages
en
Category: NumericIdentifier
This category contains the following entities:
Entity
NumericIdentifier
Details
Any numeric or alphanumeric identifier that could contain any PII information. Examples:
- Case Number
- Driver's license
- Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI)
- Member Number
- Ticket number
- Bank account number
- Installation ID
- IP Addresses
- Product Keys
- Serial Numbers (1:1 relationship with a specific item/product)
- Shipping tracking numbers, etc.
To get this entity category, add NumericIdentifier to the pii-categories parameter. NumericIdentifier will be returned in the API response if detected.
Supported document languages
en
Category: Credit card
This category contains the following entity:
Entity
Credit card
Details
Any credit card number, any security code on the back, or the expiration date is considered as PII.
To get this entity category, add CreditCard to the pii-categories parameter. CreditCard will be returned in the API response if detected.
Supported document languages
en