PII Detection

DokuBrain automatically scans documents for personally identifiable information (PII) and can flag or redact it based on your governance policies.

Detected PII types

Type	Examples
Social Security Number	`123-45-6789`
Credit card number	`4111 1111 1111 1111`
Email address	`jane@example.com`
Phone number	`(555) 123-4567`
Date of birth	`01/15/1990`
Driver's license	State-specific formats
Passport number	Country-specific formats
Bank account number	Routing + account numbers
IP address	`192.168.1.1`
Physical address	Street addresses

Configuration

PII detection runs automatically when enabled in your governance policy. Configure the action for each PII type:

Action	Behavior
`flag`	Mark the document with PII findings (no modification)
`redact`	Replace PII with `[REDACTED]` in extracted text
`quarantine`	Move document to quarantine for review
`block`	Reject the document entirely

Viewing PII findings

Get PII findings for a document

curl https://api.dokubrain.com/api/v1/documents/doc_abc123/pii \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "findings": [
      {
        "type": "ssn",
        "location": { "page": 1, "offset": 245 },
        "action": "redacted"
      },
      {
        "type": "email",
        "location": { "page": 2, "offset": 1024 },
        "action": "flagged"
      }
    ],
    "summary": {
      "total": 2,
      "redacted": 1,
      "flagged": 1
    }
  }
}

PII Detection

PII Detection

Detected PII types

Configuration

Viewing PII findings

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