Italy Driver's License Number

Detects Italy driver's license number patterns. This pattern is based on a Microsoft Purview built-in sensitive information type. Users already running Purview may prefer to enable the built-in SIT directly, or use this version as a starting point for customisation.

Type

regex

Engine

universal

Confidence

medium

Confidence justification

Medium confidence: pattern has structural constraints but corroborative keywords are recommended to reduce false positive rates. Added context gating and exclusion rules improve precision and reduce incidental matches.

Detection quality

Verified

Jurisdictions

it, eu

Regulations

BDSG, CNIL / LIL, GDPR

Frameworks

ISO 27001, ISO 27701

Data categories

pii, government-id

Scope

narrow

Risk rating

6

Platform compatibility

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

Pattern

\b[A-Z]{2}\d{7}[A-Z]\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

driver, licence, license, driving, DL, patente di guida, ID number, identification, ID card, permit, registration, certificate, field, column, row, entry, record, value, form, register (+21 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• AB1234567C — Standard Italian driver's license format
• XY9876543Z — Another valid format with different letters
• RM0001234A — Valid format with leading zeros in digit portion

Should not match

• A12345678B — Only 1 leading letter instead of required 2
• AB12345678 — Missing trailing letter
• template example placeholder record identifier — Template/sample context should be excluded even when anchor words are present

Known false positives

• Generic alphanumeric sequences matching the driver's license format appearing in unrelated contexts. Mitigation: Require corroborative evidence keywords within the proximity window to confirm driver's license context.

References

• Italy driver's license number entity definition - Microsoft Learn