November 18, 2024 — Sensitive data classification¶

Automatic Sensitive Data Classification — Preview¶

Snowflake is pleased to announce Automatic Sensitive Data Classification, a serverless feature that can help automatically detect sensitive data using native and custom classifiers. It can also apply user-defined tags and masking policies on columns automatically when sensitive data is detected.

For information, see Classify sensitive data automatically.

Classifier improvements¶

The following classifiers are now available:

Country	Classifier
New Zealand	Organization identifier now includes business number. National identifier now includes student number.
Japan	Phone number Postal code

The accuracy of the following geo-specific classifiers has been improved:

Supported country	Classifier
Australia	Phone Number
Canada	City Phone number Street address Bank account
New Zealand	City Street address Bank account
United Kingdom	Postal code Phone number
United States	City Phone number Street address Bank account

The accuracy of the following global classifiers has been improved:

Name
Latitude
Longitude
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