139460 – Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Named entity coverage for additional markets and languages

Product:

Purview Communication Compliance, Purview Information Protection

Platform:

Web, World tenant

Status:

Launched

Change type:

Feature update

Links:

Details:

Named entities are sensitive information types (SITs) that can’t easily be identified by a regular expression or a function; these include person names, physical addresses, and medical terms and conditions. This update expands name and address coverage to an additional 7 countries, such as China and Russia, and expands medical terms and conditions (specifically for the Diseases SIT) to an additional 29 languages covering much of Europe, China, Japan, and Korea.

Change Category:
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Scope:
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Release Phase:
General Availability

Created:
2023-06-20

updated:
2025-06-21

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Direct effects for Operations**

- Direct Impact on IT Operations
- Increased complexity in data handling and compliance monitoring
- Role Impacted: IT Compliance Officers
- Dependencies: Integration with existing data governance frameworks and compliance tools may require updates or reconfiguration.
- Potential performance issues during the rollout of new features
- Role Impacted: IT Operations Managers
- Dependencies: Increased load on servers and databases as new data types are processed, which may affect overall system performance.

- Direct Impact on IT Services
- Changes in data classification and protection policies
- Role Impacted: Data Protection Officers
- Dependencies: Existing policies may need to be revised to accommodate new sensitive information types, impacting user training and documentation.
- Risk of false positives or negatives in sensitive information detection
- Role Impacted: IT Security Analysts
- Dependencies: The accuracy of the Named Entity Recognition (NER) algorithms may affect the reliability of compliance reporting and incident response.

References:
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal documentation: [Microsoft Documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/purview-compliance-portal?view=o365-worldwide)
- Information on Named Entity Recognition: [Wikipedia - Named Entity Recognition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named-entity_recognition)

Data Protection**

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