Pension account identifiers

Detects references to pension account identifiers in financial and compliance documents. Commonly found in Australian regulatory filings, transaction records, and audit documentation.

Type

regex

Engine

boost_regex

Confidence

medium

Confidence justification

identifier/document-structure anchored regex with constrained context replaces phrase-only detection. Added context gating and exclusion rules improve precision and reduce incidental matches.

Detection quality

Topic false positive

Jurisdictions

au

Regulations

AML/CTF Act (Cth), IPA 2009 (Qld), NDB Scheme (Cth), Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), SOCI Act 2018 (Cth)

Frameworks

ISO 27001, ISO 27701, PCI-DSS, SOC 2

Data categories

financial

Scope

wide

Risk rating

4

Platform compatibility

Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Degraded, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

(?i)\b(?:pension\s+account\s+identifiers?|pension\s+number|pension\s+member\s+number|pension\s+account\s+number)\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

pension account identifiers, pension, account, identifiers, payroll, tax, operations, bank account, account number, account no, [object Object], routing number, sort code, IBAN, SWIFT, [object Object], employee, benefits, termination, hire date (+89 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• Pension account identifiers — Topic phrase present
• pension account identifiers — Topic phrase, lowercase
• this record references the pension account identifiers held on file — Topic phrase within surrounding text
• Pension member number held by the retirement fund. — Source-authored specific pension identifier phrase now anchors as a concept phrase
• pension account number — Specific pension identifier label phrase now anchors as a concept phrase

Should not match

• unrelated generic text — No relevant phrase context
• placeholder value 12345 — Random text should not match phrase marker
• generic narrative without identifier/document anchors — Should not match plain mention
• template example placeholder record identifier — Template/sample context should be excluded even when anchor words are present
• Library member number 5512. — Generic member-number wording without pension context must not anchor
• Pension policy indexation changed. — Pension topic discussion without an identifier label must not anchor

Known false positives

• Financial terminology appearing in published reports, accounting textbooks, regulatory guidance, or template documents without actual transaction data. Mitigation: Require corroborative evidence keywords within the proximity window. Cross-reference with structured financial identifiers to confirm actual sensitive data.
• In Australian English, standard business terminology overlapping with financial detection keywords in routine correspondence and documentation. Mitigation: Increase confidence threshold when scanning business correspondence. Layer with transaction-specific patterns for higher precision.