Germany value added tax number

Format

11 character alphanumeric pattern

Pattern

11-character alphanumeric pattern:

• a letter D or d
• a letter E or e
• an optional space
• three digits
• an optional space or comma
• three digits
• an optional space or comma
• three digits

Checksum

Yes

Keyword Highlighting

Supported

When keyword highlighting is supported in the contextual summary for a sensitive information type or a trainable classifier, in the Contextual Summary view of activity explorer, the keywords in a document that were matched to a policy are highlighted.

Definition

A DLP policy has high confidence that it's detected this type of sensitive information if, within a proximity of 300 characters:

• The function Func_germany_value_added_tax_number finds content that matches the pattern.
• A keyword from Keywords_germany_value_added_tax_number is found.

A DLP policy has medium confidence that it's detected this type of sensitive information if, within a proximity of 300 characters:

• The function Func_germany_value_added_tax_number finds content that matches the pattern.

      <!-- Germany Value Added Tax Number -->
      <Entity id="db177eb2-8811-4842-bffc-128c14aa219f" patternsProximity="300" recommendedConfidence="85">
        <Pattern confidenceLevel="85">
          <IdMatch idRef="Func_germany_value_added_tax_number" />
          <Match idRef="Keywords_germany_value_added_tax_number" />
        </Pattern>
        <Pattern confidenceLevel="75">
          <IdMatch idRef="Func_germany_value_added_tax_number" />
        </Pattern>
      </Entity>

Keywords

Keyword_germany_value_added_tax_number

• vat number
• vat no
• vat#
• vat# mehrwertsteuer
• mwst
• mehrwertsteuer identifikationsnummer
• mehrwertsteuer nummer