The Immuta DSF

Deprecation notice

The Immuta DSF is a legacy and deprecated version of the new Data Security Framework. Instead of the deprecated Immuta DSF, use the Data Security Framework with the Risk Assessment Framework to categorize and classify your data. New users will only have the new frameworks and the deprecated Immuta DSF will not be available; however, current users can still use the Immuta DSF until the feature is fully removed.

The Immuta Data Security Framework (DSF) was designed by Immuta’s Legal Engineering and Research Engineering teams and is informed by data privacy regulations and security standards: GDPR, CCPA, GLBA, HIPAA, PCI, and global best practices. Tags should be reviewed by your organization's compliance team to ensure complete inventory and proper classification. Once activated, Immuta DSF will immediately work within Immuta Detect by assessing the entity tags applied by sensitive data discovery and applying the built-in rules and conditions to apply classification tags to the necessary columns. These classification tags then inform the sensitivity type of the data in the dashboards and reflect the risk levels of the columns, data sources, and queries that contain your data. The Immuta DSF is a supportive tool that accelerates data classification.

Sensitivity classification tags

These select classification tags have sensitivity metadata attached to them and are automatically applied based on the other classification tags listed below.

Tag NameDescriptionSensitivitySensitivity Level

Immuta DSF . Personal

Indicates the presence of personal data of an individual.

1

Sensitive

Immuta DSF . Child

Indicates the presence of personal data of a child (i.e. a person under the age of 18).

2

Highly-sensitive

Immuta DSF . Financial

Indicates the presence of financial or bank data (e.g. a swift code, financial account number, tax-related data, transaction date, salary, account credentials, etc.).

2

Highly-sensitive

Immuta DSF . Health

Indicates the presence of an individual's health data.

2

Highly-sensitive

Immuta DSF . Sensitive Business

Indicates the presence of business data that is sensitive and highly confidential.

2

Highly-sensitive

Immuta DSF . Sensitive Personal

Indicates the presence of individual data that is sensitive to an individual, and if processed, could lead to serious harm for the individual (e.g. SSN, biometric data, child data, etc.).

2

Highly-sensitive

Immuta DSF . Account Credentials

Indicates the presence of authentication secrets, like passwords and emails or usernames when combined.

3

Highly-sensitive

Immuta DSF . Biometric Authentication

Indicates the presence of biometric data used for authentication including, facial images and fingerprints.

3

Highly-sensitive

Immuta DSF classification tags

These classification tags are automatically applied based on the Immuta Discovered tags. They do not have sensitivity attached.

Tag nameDescription

Immuta DSF . Address

Indicates the presence of a physical address.

Immuta DSF . Affinity

Indicates the presence of an affiliation to trade unions or political parties, religious or philosophical belief, political opinions, sexual life or orientation, race, or ethnicity.

Immuta DSF . Affiliation

Indicates the presence of an affiliation to trade unions or political parties.

Immuta DSF . Age

Indicates the presence of a person's age.

Immuta DSF . Authentication Secret

Indicates the presence of authentication secrets including, banking pins, biometric authentication data, cryptographic keys, OTAC, OTPSeed, or passwords.

Immuta DSF . Bank Account Number

Indicates the presence of bank account numbers.

Immuta DSF . Banking PIN

Indicates the presence of a four digit bank PIN.

Immuta DSF . Belief

Indicates the presence of religious or philosophical beliefs.

Immuta DSF . Biometric

Indicates the presence of biometric or body data including, facial images, fingerprints, height (length), mass, weight, and temperature.

Immuta DSF . Business Identification Number

Indicates the presence of an identification number specifically for business, such as an employee ID number.

Immuta DSF . Business

Indicates the presence of sensitive business information.

Immuta DSF . City

Indicates the presence of a city.

Immuta DSF . Country Subdivision

Indicates the presence of a country subdivision.

Immuta DSF . Country

Indicates the presence of a country.

Immuta DSF . Credit Card Number

Indicates the presence of a credit card number.

Immuta DSF . Cryptocurrency Wallet

Indicates the presence of a cryptocurrency wallet (e.g. Bitcoin wallet).

Immuta DSF . Cryptographic Key

Indicates the presence of a string used as an encryption key.

Immuta DSF . Date

Indicates the presence of a date in time.

Immuta DSF . Device Geolocation

Indicates the presence of the coordinates of a device.

Immuta DSF . Device

Indicates the presence of a network address, a telephone number, or an IMEI number.

Immuta DSF . Direct

Indicates the presence of a direct identifier that can be uniquely associated with an individual. Examples of direct identifiers include: name, username, email, official individual identification numbers such as passport or identity card numbers, or privately issued individual identification numbers such as a student ID.

Immuta DSF . Domain Name

Indicates the presence of a website domain name.

Immuta DSF . Driver License

Indicates the presence of a driver's license.

Immuta DSF . Email

Indicates the presence of an email.

Immuta DSF . Facial Images

Indicates the presence of images of human faces.

Immuta DSF . Fax Number

Indicates the presence of a fax number.

Immuta DSF . Financial Account Authentication

Indicates the presence of authentication information required to use services of a financial institution (e.g. payment services).

Immuta DSF . Financial Account Number

Indicates the presence of a number associated with an account at a financial institution (e.g. bank account number, IBAN, credit card number, etc.).

Immuta DSF . Financial Transaction Date

Indicates the presence of a date of a financial record.

Immuta DSF . Fingerprints

Indicates the presence of human fingerprint data.

Immuta DSF . Gender

Indicates the presence of gender.

Immuta DSF . Genetic

Indicates the presence of genetic information about a person.

Immuta DSF . Geolocation

Indicates the presence of location in longitude and/or latitude coordinates.

Immuta DSF . Health Card Number

Indicates the presence of the number assigned to a health card (e.g. the British Columbia Health Network Number or Medicare).

Immuta DSF . Health Insurance Card Number

Indicates the presence of the number assigned to a health insurance card.

Immuta DSF . Indirect

Indicates the presence of an indirect identifier that is not uniquely associated with an individual. However this indirect identifier could become distinguishable when combined with other attributes. Examples of indirect identifiers include: age and affinity.

Immuta DSF . Infrastructure

Indicates the presence of business network information.

Immuta DSF . Internal Reference

Indicates the presence of data unique to an individual, but that cannot distinguish the individual without another direct identifier.

Immuta DSF . Internal User ID

Indicates the presence of a user ID specific to the company or dataset.

Immuta DSF . Latitude

Indicates the presence of latitude coordinates.

Immuta DSF . Length

Indicates the presence of measurement data in length (e.g. height).

Immuta DSF . License Plate

Indicates the presence of a license plate number.

Immuta DSF . Location

Indicates the presence of a physical location including: address, a street, a postal code, a city, country subdivision, a country, etc.

Immuta DSF . Longitude

Indicates the presence of longitude coordinates.

Immuta DSF . Mass

Indicates the presence of measurement data in mass.

Immuta DSF . Measurement

Indicates the presence of measurement data of a person or thing including: weight, mass, length, and temperature.

Immuta DSF . Medical Diagnostic Code

Indicates the presence of a diagnosis code used to treat, diagnose, and identify medical diseases or illnesses (e.g. IDC10 code).

Immuta DSF . Medical Record Number

Indicates the presence of an individual's medical record number.

Immuta DSF . Name

Indicates the presence of an individual's name.

Immuta DSF . Name Component

Indicates the presence of a part of an individual's name (e.g. first name, last name, title, surname, etc.).

Immuta DSF . Network Address

Indicates the presence of the unique, logical or physical address of a device on a network.

Immuta DSF . Official Individual Identifier

Indicates the presence of a unique identifier issued by a public body (e.g. driver's license).

Immuta DSF . Opinion

Indicates the presence of an individual's opinion.

Immuta DSF . Orientation

Indicates the presence of an individual's gender, sex life, or sexual orientation.

Immuta DSF . OTAC

Indicates the presence of a one-time authentication code (OTAC) used for authentication.

Immuta DSF . OTPSeed

Indicates the presence of a secret key of a one-time passcode (OTP seed) used for authentication.

Immuta DSF . Passport Number

Indicates the presence of a passport number.

Immuta DSF . Password

Indicates the presence of a password used for authentication.

Immuta DSF . Payment Amount

Indicates the presence of an amount of money used for payment.

Immuta DSF . Personal Device

Indicates the presence of an identifier of a personal device (e.g. cell phone).

Immuta DSF . Personal Identifier

Indicates the presence of a direct or indirect identifier.

Immuta DSF . Personal Location

Indicates the presence of a location of a specific individual.

Immuta DSF . Personal Tax

Indicates the presence of tax-related numbers used to identify or reference individuals (e.g. tax file number).

Immuta DSF . Personal

Indicates the presence of personal data of an individual.

Immuta DSF . Philosophical Belief

Indicates the presence of an individual's philosophical belief.

Immuta DSF . Political Opinion

Indicates the presence of an individual's political opinion.

Immuta DSF . Political Party

Indicates the presence of a political party.

Immuta DSF . Postal Code

Indicates the presence of a U.S. zip code.

Immuta DSF . Potential Direct

Indicates the presence of a potential direct identifier that is unique to an individual but not direct unless it is associated with the individual (e.g. credit card numbers).

Immuta DSF . Potential Indirect

Indicates the presence of a potential indirect identifier that could distinguish an individual with other information (e.g. age).

Immuta DSF . Precise Device Geolocation

Indicates the presence of the precise coordinates of a device.

Immuta DSF . Precise Geolocation

Indicates the presence of a highly specific geolocation, which could require extra controls if attributed to an individual.

Immuta DSF . Precise Latitude

Indicates the presence of a highly specific latitude, which could require extra controls if attributed to an individual.

Immuta DSF . Precise Longitude

Indicates the presence of a highly specific longitude, which could require extra controls if attributed to an individual.

Immuta DSF . Prescriber Number

Indicates the presence of a medical provider's identification number.

Immuta DSF . Privately Issued Individual Identifier

Indicates the presence of an individual identifier assigned by a private institution (e.g. student ID number).

Immuta DSF . Race Or Ethnicity

Indicates the presence of race or ethnicity.

Immuta DSF . Religious Belief

Indicates the presence of religious belief.

Immuta DSF . Salary

Indicates the presence of an individual's salary.

Immuta DSF . Sex Life

Indicates the presence of data about sex life.

Immuta DSF . Sexual Orientation

Indicates the presence of data about sexual orientation.

Immuta DSF . State Identification Card

Indicates the presence of a state-issued identification card number.

Immuta DSF . Street

Indicates the presence of a street address.

Immuta DSF . Telephone Number

Indicates the presence of a telephone number.

Immuta DSF . Temperature

Indicates the presence of a temperature measurement.

Immuta DSF . Trade Secret

Indicates the presence of a business trade secret.

Immuta DSF . Trade Union Membership

Indicates the presence of trade union membership.

Immuta DSF . URL

Indicates the presence of a website URL.

Immuta DSF . Username

Indicates the presence of a username.

Immuta DSF . Vehicle

Indicates the presence of vehicle information including: license plate number, vehicle identification number, or vehicle serial number.

Immuta DSF . Weight

Indicates the presence of a weight measurement.

About Immuta's frameworks

Organizations are responsible for making their own independent assessment of the framework rules. The framework rules are only templates and are not necessarily adapted to the specific context in which an organization operates. Framework rules do not constitute legal advice. They do not create any commitments or assurances from Immuta that users will necessarily comply with the statutes or standards that have informed these framework rules.

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