108 Presets: Country and Industry PII
Source: anonym.community research
Summary
Research Source Manual PII Entity Selection Leads to Coverage Gaps anonym.community March 2026 feature analysis View Source Organizations deploying PII anonymization must select which entity types to detect from lists of 200-300+ options. Each jurisdiction has different requirements — German Personalausweis, French NIR, Italian Codice Fiscale, US SSN. Each industry has different PHI categories. Selecting the wrong entities means either missing PII (compliance failure) or over-detecting (processing overhead, false positives). Pre-built presets eliminate this configuration burden.
Evidence & Data Points
- Organizations deploying PII anonymization must select which entity types to detect from lists of 200-300+ options. Each jurisdiction has different requirements — German Personalausweis, French NIR, Italian Codice Fiscale, US SSN. Each industry has different PHI categories. Selecting the wrong
Solution
The Solution: How cloak.business Addresses This Country Presets (70+ Countries) Each country preset includes all PII formats specific to that jurisdiction. The Germany preset includes Personalausweis, Reisepass, Steuer-ID, IBAN (DE format), and German name patterns. The France preset includes CNI, NIR, NIF, and French-specific patterns. Country presets are maintained and updated as new PII formats are identified. Regional and Regulatory Presets Regional presets combine country-specific entities for multi-country operations. The EU preset covers all 27 member states. The APAC preset covers Japan, South Korea, India, and more. Regulatory presets align entity selection with specific frameworks: GDPR, HIPAA (18 PHI identifiers), PCI-DSS (payment card data). Industry Presets Healthcare presets
Compliance Context
Compliance Mapping This feature directly supports GDPR Article 35 (DPIA — presets document which entities are processed and why), ISO 27001 Annex A.8 (asset management — presets define what constitutes PII per jurisdiction), and HIPAA §164.514 (de-identification — presets ensure all 18 PHI identifiers are included). cloak.business's GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2 compliance coverage, combined with Customer-selected hosting, provides documented technical measures organizations can reference in their compliance documentation.