Student counseling records

Identifies documents containing references to student counseling records in international contexts. This information type is classified as personally identifiable information under applicable data protection regulations.

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: Topic false positive
Jurisdictions: global
Regulations: GDPR, Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld), NDB Scheme (Cth), Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
Frameworks: ISO 27001, ISO 27701
Data categories: pii
Scope: wide
Risk rating: 8
Platform compatibility: Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Degraded, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

(?is)\b(?:student\s+counseling|counseling\s+record|student\s+wellbeing|pastoral\s+care|mental\s+health|counselor\s+notes|psychological\s+support|student\s+welfare|guidance\s+counselor|referral\s+record)\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

student counseling records, student, counseling, records, education, research, administration, transcript, grade, [object Object], enrollment, FERPA, FAFSA, financial aid, tuition, degree, data record, database record, record set, data extract (+20 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

student counseling — Primary topic phrase match
counseling record — Case-insensitive topic phrase match
student wellbeing — Alternative topic phrase match
pastoral care — Additional topic phrase match
student counseling Student name: Avery Teston Student ID: S4471820 Year level: 9 Parent: Jordan Teston Notes: student counseling discussed with the family on 12/08/2026. — Populated student record reaching the 75/85 structure gate

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
student grant — Generic word pair from old broad template should not match
Policy guidance: this procedure explains how records about student counseling are handled, who may access them and how long they are kept. It contains no records about any person or system. — Policy guidance naming the topic without any record (discovery only)

Known false positives

Common words and phrases related to student counseling records 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 English (as the primary international business language), 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.