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Personal identification number

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

A secret that a claimant memorizes and uses to authenticate his or her identity. PINs are generally only decimal digits.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Credential0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

Pii85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

acronym
PIN
plural
Personal identification numbers
possessive
Personal identification number's
pluralpossessive
Personal identification numbers'