Cabinet briefing books

Identifies documents containing references to cabinet briefing books in Australian contexts. This information type is classified as personally identifiable information under the Privacy Act 1988.

Type

regex

Engine

boost_regex

Confidence

medium

Confidence justification

category-aware structural regex with anchor and context constraints replaces phrase-only detection. Added context gating and exclusion rules improve precision and reduce incidental matches.

Detection quality

Mixed

Jurisdictions

au

Regulations

IPA 2009 (Qld), Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), SOCI Act 2018 (Cth)

Frameworks

DISP, ISO 27001, NIST CSF

Data categories

government-id, pii

Scope

wide

Platform compatibility

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

Pattern

(?is)\b(?:cabinet\s+briefing|briefing\s+book|cabinet\s+submission|ministerial\s+brief|cabinet\s+decision|cabinet\s+minute|Prime\s+Minister|cabinet\s+handbook|executive\s+council|cabinet\s+committee)\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

cabinet briefing books, cabinet, briefing, books, elections, diplomacy, statecraft, government, agency, department, ministry, public sector, civil service, welfare, social services, public administration, statutory authority, regulatory body, public servant, government program (+31 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• cabinet briefing — Primary topic phrase match
• briefing book — Case-insensitive topic phrase match
• cabinet submission — Alternative topic phrase match
• ministerial brief — Additional topic phrase match

Should not match

• unrelated generic text without domain phrases — No relevant topic phrases present
• placeholder value 12345 — Random text should not match topic-specific regex
• voter sovereign debt — Generic word pair from old broad template should not match

Known false positives

• Common words and phrases related to cabinet briefing books appearing in policy documents, training materials, HR templates, or compliance guidelines without actual personal data. Mitigation: Require corroborative evidence keywords within the proximity window to confirm sensitive data context rather than general discussion.
• In Australian English, similar terminology used in formal or administrative contexts (education, professional documentation) that does not constitute sensitive data collection. Mitigation: Layer with additional contextual signals such as structured identifiers, form fields, or database column headers to distinguish sensitive records from general references.
• High-frequency pattern matches in large document corpora due to broad regex anchors. Expected match rate is significantly higher than specific identifier patterns. Mitigation: Tune confidence thresholds for bulk scanning. Consider using this pattern primarily as a pre-filter with secondary validation.

References

• https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/cabinet-handbook
• https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/australian-privacy-principles-guidelines