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Zip Codes

Describes Philter's Zip Code filter.

Filter

This filter identifies zip codes in text.

Required Parameters

This filter has no required parameters.

Optional Parameters

Parameter
Description
Default Value
zipCodeFilterStrategies
A list of filter strategies.
None
enabled
When set to false, the filter will be disabled and not applied
true
ignored
A list of terms to be ignored by the filter.
None
requireDelimiter
When set to false, the filter will not require a dash in 9 digit zip codes, e.g. 12345-6789. Setting to false may increase the number of zip code false positives.
true

Filter Strategies

The filter may have zero or more filter strategies. When no filter strategy is given the default strategy of REDACT is used. When multiple filter strategies are given the filter strategies will be applied in order as they are listed. See Filter Strategies for details.
Strategy
Description
REDACT
Replace the sensitive text with a placeholder.
RANDOM_REPLACE
Replace the sensitive text with a similar, random value.
STATIC_REPLACE
Replace the sensitive text with a given value.
CRYPTO_REPLACE
Replace the sensitive text with its encrypted value.
HASH_SHA256_REPLACE
Replace the sensitive text with its SHA256 hash value.
TRUNCATE
Replace the sensitive text by removing the last x digits. (Set the number of digits using the truncateDigits parameter of the filter strategy.)
ZERO_LEADING
Replace the sensitive text by zeroing the first 3 digits.

Conditions

Each filter strategy may have one condition. See Conditions for details.
Conditional
Description
Operators
TOKEN
Compares the value of the sensitive text.
== , !=
CONTEXT
Compares the filtering context.
== , !=
CONFIDENCE
Compares the confidence in the sensitive text against a threshold value.
< , <=, > , >=, ==, !=
POPULATION
Compares the population of the zip code against the 2010 census values.
< , <=, > , >=, ==, !=

Example Filter Profile

{
"name": "zip-code-example",
"identifiers": {
"zipCode": {
"zipCodeFilterStrategies": [
{
"strategy": "REDACT",
"redactionFormat": "{{{REDACTED-%t}}}"
}
]
}
}
}
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