Country pack
Italy PII detection: codice fiscale, IBAN
Short answer
Maskflare's Italy pack has 6 detectors. 2 validate a check digit or letter, 2 test layout or an embedded date, 2 match on pattern alone.
What the Italy pack covers
The Italy pack holds 6 detectors: Fiscal code (codice fiscale, also social security), IBAN, Electronic ID card / passport number, Licence plate, Phone number and Postal code. 2 of them recompute a check digit or letter, 2 test layout or an embedded date only, 2 are pattern-only, and 3 wait for a keyword before they match.
| Detector | Category | Validation | Valid example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiscal code (codice fiscale, also social security) | national ID number | Checksum | RSSMRA85T10A562S |
| IBAN | bank account number (IBAN) | Checksum | IT60 X054 2811 1010 0000 0123 456 |
| Electronic ID card / passport number | ID document number | Pattern only | CA00000AA |
| Licence plate | vehicle identifier | Layout rules | AB 123 CD |
| Phone number | phone number | Layout rules | +39 06 1234 5678 |
| Postal code | postal code | Pattern only | 00184 |
Every Italy detector in detail
Fiscal code (codice fiscale, also social security)
A national identity number. Validation: a check letter computed from the other 15 characters with two lookup tables. Valid example: RSSMRA85T10A562S; the same shape that fails is RSSMRA85T10A562A. Full guide: Italian codice fiscale.
IBAN
A bank account identifier. Validation: the registered length for the country and the ISO 13616 modulus 97 check. Valid example: IT60 X054 2811 1010 0000 0123 456; the same shape that fails is IT60 X054 2811 1010 0000 0123 450.
Electronic ID card / passport number
An identity document number. Validation: the pattern only, with no checksum or structural validator. It needs one of 11 keywords within 48 characters before the value, such as carta d'identita, carta d'identità, cie, document number. Valid example: CA00000AA.
Licence plate
A vehicle licence plate. Validation: 4 to 10 letters and digits with at least one of each, shaped by the country's plate formats. It needs one of 18 keywords within 48 characters before the value, such as licence plate, licence plate number, license plate, license plate number. Valid example: AB 123 CD.
Phone number
A telephone number in the national format. Validation: between 7 and 15 digits, the range an international number can have. A run of digits with no separator is judged by words nearby; the detector's own keywords include anrufen, appeler, appelez, appelle. Valid example: +39 06 1234 5678.
Postal code
A postal code, which identifies a place rather than a person on its own. Validation: the pattern only, with no checksum or structural validator. It needs one of 9 keywords within 48 characters before the value, such as cap, codice di avviamento postale, codice postale, post code. Valid example: 00184.
Local-language context words for Italy
These are the words in the catalogue that confirm a value as belonging to this country's detector. Shared English words such as ID number or tax id are left out here because many packs use them; a word below points at this pack even when other packs are on.
- Electronic ID card / passport number:
carta d'identita,carta d'identità,cie,document number,passaporto - Licence plate:
licence plate,licence plate number,license plate,license plate number,license tag,number plate,numero di targa,plate,plate no,plate number,reg no,reg plateand 6 more - Phone number:
anrufen,appeler,appelez,appelle,bel,bellen,call,call me,call me at,call us at,cell,cell phoneand 39 more - Postal code:
cap,codice di avviamento postale,codice postale
How Maskflare masks Italy identifiers
Detections are replaced with a token such as mf_mask_d7e0 before the request goes to the AI provider, and with response restoration turned on the real value is put back in the answer. The other actions are redact, partial, hash, format-preserving encryption, generalize, alert and block.
- Protect now, Finance - Protect now, Healthcare and Developer: mask (a reversible token) when Italy is a primary country.
- Monitor first: alert (counted, forwarded unchanged) when Italy is a primary country.
Compliance profiles that include the Italy pack: GDPR - EU/EEA.
Limits worth knowing
- A passing checksum shows that a value is well formed, not that it was issued to a real person. The examples on this page pass for that reason and are not real.
- 2 of the 6 detectors here match on pattern alone (Electronic ID card / passport number and Postal code), so they can match text that merely has the same shape.
- Detectors read the text of the request. A value inside an image is found only after OCR, and a value split across lines is not one match.
- Names, addresses and free-text details are handled by other packs. This page is limited to the Italy identifiers.
Frequently asked questions
What does Maskflare detect for Italy?
6 detectors: Fiscal code (codice fiscale, also social security), IBAN, Electronic ID card / passport number, Licence plate, Phone number and Postal code.
Are Italy identifiers masked by default?
They are masked when Italy is chosen as a primary country (the default Protect now template uses the action mask), or when the pack is turned on directly. A country pack is not on for organisations that did not choose the country.
Which Italy identifiers have a checksum?
Fiscal code (codice fiscale, also social security) and IBAN.
Do the Italy detectors need keywords?
3 of them do: Electronic ID card / passport number, Licence plate and Postal code.
Rules on this page describe what Maskflare's detectors and validators check. They are read from the detection catalogue and are not the specification of the body that issues the identifier. Examples are synthetic.