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Phone Numbers

Filter

This filter identifies phone and fax numbers such as (304) 555-5555, 304-555-5555, and 1-800-123-4567 in text.

Required Parameters

This filter has no required parameters.

Optional Parameters

Parameter Description Default Value
phoneNumberFilterStrategies A list of filter strategies. None
enabled When set to false, the filter will be disabled and not applied true
ignored A list of terms to be ignored by the filter. None

Filter Strategies

The filter may have zero or more filter strategies. When no filter strategy is given the default strategy of REDACT is used. When multiple filter strategies are given the filter strategies will be applied in order as they are listed. See Filter Strategies for details.

Strategy Description
REDACT Replace the sensitive text with a placeholder.
RANDOM_REPLACE Replace the sensitive text with a similar, random value.
STATIC_REPLACE Replace the sensitive text with a given value.
CRYPTO_REPLACE Replace the sensitive text with its encrypted value.
HASH_SHA256_REPLACE Replace the sensitive text with its SHA256 hash value.

Conditions

Each filter strategy may have one condition. See Conditions for details.

Conditional Description Operators
TOKEN Compares the value of the sensitive text. == , !=
CONTEXT Compares the filtering context. == , !=
CONFIDENCE Compares the confidence in the sensitive text against a threshold value. < , <=, > , >=, ==, !=

Example Policy

{
   "name": "phone-number-example",
   "identifiers": {
      "phoneNumber": {
         "phoneNumberFilterStrategies": [
            {
               "strategy": "REDACT",
               "redactionFormat": "{{{REDACTED-%t}}}"
            }
         ]
      }
   }     
}