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ScottCIS
Brass Contributor
Jan 16, 2025

India Voter ID Card found 172,000 times. How can I disable built-in "Sensitive Info Types"?

When I open up Purview, one of the things I'm greeted with is the image below. I found another forum post and it appears you cannot disable these built-in items. I was also unable to delete them (grayed out).

This is insanely frustrating and seems to be a huge security detriment. I could have a hundred United States SSNs but they would be pushed off this list by literally a million things I don't care about (I know for a fact our documents don't have any India Voter ID cards...).

Even if I could delete the, one by one, there are HUNDREDS of types that are not relevant to us. Is there any way to just disable all the defaults?

 

  • Joseph-Berbary's avatar
    Joseph-Berbary
    Copper Contributor

    Unfortunately, you cannot disable or delete built-in Sensitive Info Types in Microsoft Purview. Microsoft does not currently provide a toggle to remove or hide these from your tenant. But you can check the locations where this data is located in and which users possess it.

    • ScottCIS's avatar
      ScottCIS
      Brass Contributor

      "But you can check the locations where this data is located in and which users possess it."

      I think you missed the point. There is no way we have 172,000 instances of Indian ID cards in our files. They're false positives. Since I can't delete patterns that don't apply to us, I'll just always have a **bleep** ton of warnings I guess.

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