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Canada Social Insurance Number

This is a DLP detector that you can easily use or extend upon in the Nightfall platform.

Description Detects a Canadian Social Insurance number (SIN). This number is required for accessing government benefits and for employment verification.
Detector type AI Model (Entity Detection)
Category Standard PII
Region Americas
Tags pii canada social insurance
Enum (for using this detector via the API)
CANADA_SOCIAL_INSURANCE_NUMBER

Used in These Detection Rules

Used in These Policies


Use Detector via API

Read API Reference

curl --request POST \
     --url https://api.nightfall.ai/v3/scan \
     --header 'Accept: application/json' \
     --header 'Authorization: Bearer  REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-KEY' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
     "policy": {
          "detectionRules": [
               {
                    "detectors": [
                         {
                              "minNumFindings": 1,
                              "minConfidence": "LIKELY",
                              "displayName": "Canada Social Insurance Number",
                              "detectorType": "NIGHTFALL_DETECTOR",
                              "nightfallDetector": "CANADA_SOCIAL_INSURANCE_NUMBER"
                         }                    ],
                    "name": "My Inline Detection Rule",
                    "logicalOp": "ANY"
               }
          ]
     },
     "payload": [
          "INSERT 1+ PAYLOAD(S)",
          "INSERT 1+ PAYLOAD(S)"
     ]
}
'

          import requests
          import json

          api_key = "REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-KEY"
          url = "https://api.nightfall.ai/v3/scan"

          headers = {
              "Accept": "application/json",
              "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
              "Content-Type": "application/json"
          }

          payload = {
              "policy": {
                  "detectionRules": [
                      {
                          "detectors": [
                              {
                                  "minNumFindings": 1,
                                  "minConfidence": "LIKELY",
                                  "displayName": "Canada Social Insurance Number",
                                  "detectorType": "NIGHTFALL_DETECTOR",
                                  "nightfallDetector": "CANADA_SOCIAL_INSURANCE_NUMBER"
                              }
                          ],
                          "name": "My Inline Detection Rule",
                          "logicalOp": "ANY"
                      }
                  ]
              },
              "payload": [
                  "INSERT 1+ PAYLOAD(S)",
                  "INSERT 1+ PAYLOAD(S)"
              ]
          }

          response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(payload))
          print(response.status_code)
          print(response.json())
          

Canada Social Insurance Number Validator

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