Plagiarism investigation files

Identifies academic misconduct / plagiarism investigation files about an identified student or researcher: investigation vocabulary together with populated student and case fields (name, student ID, unit, assessment, similarity score, allegation, outcome).

Type: regex
Engine: boost_regex
Confidence: medium
Confidence justification: Medium: academic-integrity vocabulary dominates policy pages, guidance and news, so enforcement requires populated student/case fields; 85 adds investigation evidence the primary does not match.
Detection quality: Topic false positive
Jurisdictions: global
Regulations: Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld), Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (Cth), GDPR
Frameworks: ISO 27001, ISO 27701
Data categories: pii, education
Scope: wide
Risk rating: 8
Platform compatibility: Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Degraded, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

(?is)\b(?:plagiarism\s+investigation|academic\s+misconduct|academic\s+integrity|similarity\s+report|originality\s+check|disciplinary\s+hearing|academic\s+dishonesty|plagiarism\s+finding|misconduct\s+panel|integrity\s+violation|plagiarism\s+detection)\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

plagiarism investigation files, plagiarism, investigation, files, education, research, administration

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

Academic misconduct investigation - confidential Student name: Avery Teston Student ID: S4471820 Unit code: LAW2203 Similarity index: 64% Allegation: contract cheating on Assessment 2 The Turnitin report and the student response were considered by the integrity officer on 12/08/2026. — 85 - populated student case with Turnitin/contract-cheating evidence
Plagiarism finding - notice to student Student ID: S5521907 The panel found that sections 2 and 3 were copied without acknowledgement. — 75 - one populated student field without investigation evidence
Academic integrity case notes to be filed after the hearing. — 65 discovery - topic phrase without populated fields

Should not match

unrelated generic text without domain phrases — No relevant topic phrases present
student grant — Generic word pair should not match
Our academic integrity policy explains what plagiarism is and how a plagiarism investigation is conducted and appealed. — Policy guidance - no populated fields (65 at most)
Academic misconduct allegation form Student name: ________ Student ID: ________ Unit code: [enter] Allegation: [describe] — Blank allegation form - placeholder fields are rejected
The university said 300 students faced academic misconduct proceedings last year after a contract cheating website was exposed. — News item - no populated fields

Known false positives

Common words and phrases related to plagiarism investigation files 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.