Custom PII & Tag Management
Define, configure, and manage custom PII tags for business-specific identifiers — customer IDs, order references, and other internal sensitive data.
Protecto allows you to define custom PII tags for identifiers specific to your business that are not covered by built-in PII entities.
Custom PII management is not available on trial accounts and requires the metadata_change permission.
Common examples
| Custom tag | What it identifies |
|---|---|
CUSTOMER_ID | Internal customer identifier |
EMPLOYEE_CODE | HR or payroll identifier |
ORDER_ID | E-commerce order reference |
ACCOUNT_REFERENCE | Internal account number |
What custom tags can do
Once defined, custom tags can be:
- Identified inside free-form text via your identification endpoint
- Masked and unmasked like built-in PII
- Backed by external identification logic
- Whitelisted via external data sources to reduce false positives
API reference
Identify Custom PII
Detect occurrences of a custom tag in input texts.
Create or Update Tags
Register a custom tag and configure its identification endpoint.
Configure Identification Endpoint
Requirements for the endpoint Protecto calls to detect your custom PII.
Configure Whitelist Endpoint
Reduce false positives with a known-valid values endpoint.
Retrieve Tag Details
Fetch the full configuration of a custom PII tag.
Delete Custom Tags
Remove a custom tag and its associated configuration.
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