India EPFO Universal Account Number

Detects Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Universal Account Numbers (UAN). UAN is a 12-digit number assigned to employees to link multiple PF member IDs across employers. Leading digit is non-zero.

Type

regex

Engine

boost_regex

Confidence

medium

Confidence justification

Medium confidence: twelve-digit numbers appear in many systems; EPFO/UAN/PF keywords are required for reliable classification.

Jurisdictions

in

Regulations

DPDPA, IT Act 2000 (India), EPF and MP Act 1952

Frameworks

ISO 27001, ISO 27701

Data categories

pii, government-id, financial

Scope

narrow

Risk rating

8

Platform compatibility

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

Pattern

\b[1-9]\d{11}\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

UAN, universal account number, EPFO, PF number, employee, payroll, benefits, termination, hire date, salary, compensation, 401k, [object Object], [object Object], superannuation, police check, working with children check, WWCC, Blue Card, criminal history (+62 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• 100123456789 — Typical 12-digit UAN
• 987654321012 — High-range UAN
• 112233445566 — Another valid-length UAN

Should not match

• 012345678901 — Leading zero not allowed
• 10012345678 — Only 11 digits
• 1001234567890 — 13 digits

Known false positives

• Aadhaar is also 12 digits; bare digit matches can overlap. Mitigation: Require UAN/EPFO/provident fund keywords; use Aadhaar SIT with Verhoeff for Aadhaar context.

References

• EPFO member portal

Collections

• Coverage Phase 1 Priority Identifiers