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

Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (India), 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