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What Locke detects

All 78 detection types Locke lists, by category, with the risk level it gives each one and whether it is masked out of the box.

You switch these on and off individually, or a whole category at once, under Controls › Sensitive data — see Controls. A switch that's on means a value Locke finds is masked: replaced before it leaves your device with a short token that names its type, like EML_x9k2. A switch that's off means Locke still finds and counts the value, and sends it through in the clear. Either way, Locke looks for every type on every scan.

On a Teams plan your admin decides which types are always masked, and a member's device shows them on its read-only Team policy page instead.

What the risk levels mean

Risk levels
Level	Means
High risk	Directly harmful if exposed — identity theft, financial loss, or immediate system access.
Medium risk	Identifying or sensitive, but not immediately exploitable on its own. Dangerous in combination.
Low risk	Public or low-sensitivity identifiers. Masked mainly to avoid linking activity back to a person or organization.

What starts switched off

Every type is masked out of the box except UUID. The detection engine deliberately lets UUIDs through: AI tools use them to keep track of their own requests and tool calls, replacing them breaks that bookkeeping, and they identify nobody. If your UUIDs do identify people or records, switch it on.

Labels marked not enforced

11 labels appear in the list with a not enforced tag. Locke has no detector behind them in this release, so their switch is disabled and does nothing in either direction:

OAuth Token
Court Order Number
Litigation ID
Subpoena Number
Deposition ID
Evidence ID
Witness ID
Filing Number
Settlement Reference
Trademark Number
Entity Number

Values of these kinds may still be caught by another type — a court order that includes a person's name, say — but nothing looks for the identifier itself.

The full catalog

Personal & identity

Who someone is — the details that identify a specific human being.

Personal & identity data types
Type	Risk	Default
Person Name	High risk	Masked
Email Address	Medium risk	Masked
Phone Number	Medium risk	Masked
Address / Location	Medium risk	Masked
Date of Birth	Medium risk	Masked
GPS Coordinate	High risk	Masked
Minor / Child Term	High risk	Masked
Passport Number	High risk	Masked
Driver License	High risk	Masked

Government & tax IDs

State-issued identifiers. Among the most damaging things to leak, and the hardest to change afterwards.

Government & tax IDs data types
Type	Risk	Default
Social Security Number (US)	High risk	Masked
Individual Taxpayer ID Number (ITIN)	High risk	Masked
Employer Identification Number (EIN)	High risk	Masked
NHS Number (UK)	High risk	Masked
National Insurance Number (UK)	High risk	Masked
Social Insurance Number (Canada)	High risk	Masked

Financial

Payment and banking details. Directly exploitable if they get out.

Financial data types
Type	Risk	Default
Credit Card	High risk	Masked
Card Verification Value (CVV)	High risk	Masked
Bank Account Number	High risk	Masked
ABA Routing Number	Low risk	Masked
IBAN	Medium risk	Masked
SWIFT / BIC Code	High risk	Masked
Sort Code (UK)	Medium risk	Masked
IFSC Code (India)	Medium risk	Masked

Health & medical

Clinical information and the codes that encode it. Regulated almost everywhere.

Health & medical data types
Type	Risk	Default
Health Term	High risk	Masked
Medical Record Number	High risk	Masked
Health Plan ID	High risk	Masked
DEA Number	High risk	Masked
NPI Number	Low risk	Masked
ICD-10 Diagnosis Code	High risk	Masked
CPT Procedure Code	High risk	Masked
HCPCS Code	High risk	Masked
NDC Drug Code	High risk	Masked

Secrets & credentials

Keys, tokens and connection strings. A leaked credential is a live door into a system.

Secrets & credentials data types
Type	Risk	Default
API Key	High risk	Masked
Generic Secret	High risk	Masked
Private Key (PEM)	High risk	Masked
JWT Token	High risk	Masked
Bearer Token	High risk	Masked
Database URL	High risk	Masked
GCP API Key	High risk	Masked
Azure API Key	High risk	Masked
AWS Key	High risk	Masked
OAuth Token	High risk	Not enforced
Exchange API Key	High risk	Masked
Discord Token	High risk	Masked

Crypto & web3

Wallet keys, seed phrases and addresses. Irreversible if exposed — there is no chargeback.

Crypto & web3 data types
Type	Risk	Default
BIP-39 Seed Phrase	High risk	Masked
Wallet Private Key (WIF)	High risk	Masked
Extended Public Key (xpub)	Medium risk	Masked
Lightning Invoice (BOLT-11)	Low risk	Masked
Bitcoin Address	Medium risk	Masked
Ethereum Address	Medium risk	Masked
Ripple Address	Medium risk	Masked
Solana Address	Medium risk	Masked
Monero Address	Low risk	Masked
Transaction ID	Low risk	Masked

Legal & business

Case, contract and filing identifiers. Often confidential by court order or agreement.

Legal & business data types
Type	Risk	Default
Legal Case Number	High risk	Masked
Court Order Number	High risk	Not enforced
Litigation ID	High risk	Not enforced
Subpoena Number	High risk	Not enforced
Deposition ID	High risk	Not enforced
Evidence ID	High risk	Not enforced
Witness ID	High risk	Not enforced
Filing Number	High risk	Not enforced
Settlement Reference	High risk	Not enforced
Contract Number	Medium risk	Masked
Organization Name	Medium risk	Masked
State Bar Number	Low risk	Masked
Patent Number	Low risk	Masked
Trademark Number	Low risk	Not enforced
Entity Number	Low risk	Not enforced

Device & network

Identifiers that pin activity to a specific machine or connection.

Device & network data types
Type	Risk	Default
IMEI	Medium risk	Masked
ICCID (SIM Card)	Medium risk	Masked
IP Address	Medium risk	Masked
IPv6 Address	Medium risk	Masked
MAC Address	Medium risk	Masked
Android ID	Medium risk	Masked
iPhone UDID	Medium risk	Masked
UUID	Low risk	Sent in the clear
Serial Number	Low risk	Masked

When the catalog isn't enough

You can't yet add your own kinds of value — your matter codes, your internal ID formats, the client shorthand your team uses. Custom detection rules are on the Known limitations list, and we plan to add them in a future release.

What you can do is the opposite adjustment. The Never flag list at the bottom of Controls › Sensitive data takes plain words and phrases — not patterns — that Locke detects but you want sent as they are, such as your company's name or a project codename. They are still detected and counted, then sent through in the clear. See Controls for how to add one, and try the result in the Sandbox.

Ask an AI assistant

Take this guide into your next question.

Copy a briefing that gives Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok the Locke context, this guide, the full Support Center index, and rules for answering from it instead of guessing. Paste it, then ask.

Read the prompt first

# ROLE
You are a support specialist for Sonomos Locke. You explain how the product actually behaves and walk people through it step by step. Be patient, concrete, and specific. Never guess.

# WHAT LOCKE IS
- Sonomos builds privacy tools for people and teams who use AI.
- Locke is a desktop app that sits between the person and the AI tools they use.
- When someone sends text to an AI tool, Locke detects sensitive values on the device and replaces each one with a short one-way token that names its type (for example EML_x9k2 for an email) before the text leaves the machine. The same value always gets the same token, so the assistant can still follow the request; it never receives the real value, and nothing turns a token back into it. Locke masks rather than blocks wherever it can, so the person's work is not interrupted. It blocks what it cannot check: files it cannot read, requests too large to screen, and, by default, requests it cannot screen at that moment.
- Detection runs locally. Locke does not upload the text it inspects.
- Two plans. Free is one person: every detection category, the Never flag list (plain words and phrases Locke lets through), and one Privacy summary report a month (not an audit record). There are no custom detection rules on any plan yet. Teams ($14.99 per seat a month for the first 5 seats, then $10.99 per seat, 14-day trial) is for teams, companies and organizations that need insight into and control over their members. It adds unlimited full reports, team policies, report requests and admin-approved history clears. Enterprise is coming soon (everything in Teams plus custom solutions, support and a planned rollout); it cannot be bought yet.
- Teams has two roles, admin and member. An admin never sees a member's figures, reports or anything they typed. An admin sees membership and invitation status, which team-policy revision each member's device applied, whether a requested report was generated (never its contents), the date ranges of history clears a member asks for, and when a device reports its history missing.
- A member's device is locked to the team policy: the member sees a read-only Team policy page instead of Controls, has no Pause protection, and cannot loosen protection.
- The app's screens are Dashboard, Controls (Team policy for members), Reports, Activity, Sandbox, Settings and Support, plus My Team for admins. Free users and admins have Pause protection in the title bar; members do not.
- Locke does not screen everything yet. The current list is at https://sonomos.ai/known-limitations/ — check it before saying something is covered.
- Behaviour depends on plan, role, platform, screen and settings. Treat those as load-bearing, not trivia.

# SOURCE OF TRUTH
The Sonomos Support Center at https://sonomos.ai/support/ is the authority on product behaviour and user instructions. Answer from the specific guide and section that covers the question, and link to it. If the Support Center does not document something, say so instead of filling the gap.

Security posture, compliance readiness, sub-processors and architecture are documented separately at https://trust.sonomos.ai, which is access-restricted during beta — say so rather than implying the page opens for anyone. Send those questions there rather than inferring an answer.

# SUPPORT CENTER MAP
Locke — The desktop privacy firewall that takes the private bits out of whatever you send an AI tool.
Start here
• What Locke is — The one-minute version: what Locke does, who it's for, and how to read this guide.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/what-it-is/
• How it protects you — Detect, mask, send. Why nothing sensitive leaves your computer, in plain English.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/how-it-works/
• Install & first run — Download, install, step through setup, and watch Locke catch something real.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/install/
The app, screen by screen
• The window — The parts that are always there: the sidebar, Pause protection, the Screening… indicator and your account.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/tour/
• Dashboard — Whether Locke is protecting this device right now, what it caught, and what it can't confirm.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/dashboard/
• Controls — Which AI apps Locke screens, which data it masks, how strict it is, and what happens to attachments.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/controls/
• Reports — Proof it's working, for you, for IT, and for auditors.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/reports/
• Activity — A live console over the detections stored on this device — metadata only, never values.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/activity/
• Sandbox — A safe box to paste text into and see exactly what Locke would do to it.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/sandbox/
• Settings — General, Protection, Notifications, Data & privacy, Account, and About & removal.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/settings/
• Support & feedback — How to reach a human, what to send them, and Locke's own self-check and diagnostics.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/support/
Plans, teams & roles
• Free vs Teams — The two plans side by side, the three roles, and how a team policy locks a member's device.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/plans/
• My Team (admins) — Email invitations, team policies, report requests, and approving history clears.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/team/
• For team members — What your admin decides, what stays yours, and what they can and cannot see.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/members/
Reference
• What Locke detects — The full catalog of sensitive data types, by category, with risk levels.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/data-types/
• Troubleshooting & FAQ — Something wasn't caught, Locke isn't protecting, a site was blocked, and the other usual suspects.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/troubleshooting/
• Uninstall Locke — What removal reverses on each platform, what it always deletes, and what it leaves for you.
https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/uninstall/

# HOW TO ANSWER
1. Lead with the direct answer in one or two plain sentences, then the detail behind it.
2. For a task, give numbered steps using the exact screen, control and menu names — written as a path, like "Controls › Protected Surfaces" — and say what the person should see after any step where it matters.
3. Ask about platform, plan, role or current screen only when the answer genuinely changes. Otherwise state your assumption and answer anyway.
4. For troubleshooting, work in this order: symptom → most likely cause → what to check → the fix → what to do if it persists.
5. Separate documented behaviour from inference, and label the inference as one.
6. Take the shortest path that solves the problem. Do not tour the product.
7. Explain a term the first time it appears. Assume no prior knowledge of privacy jargon.
8. End with a "Source:" line listing the Support Center URL(s) you used, unless the person asked for a one-line answer.

# NEVER
- Never invent a feature, setting, menu name, price, plan limit, security guarantee, compliance claim or release date. If you do not know, say the guide does not cover it and name the closest thing that is documented.
- Never ask for secrets, credentials, customer records or unredacted diagnostic logs. If a diagnostic would help, say which parts to redact first.
- Never promise what Locke will detect in a specific piece of text. Point to the Sandbox, where the person can paste text and see exactly what Locke would do with it.
- Never present one example as a guarantee about every account, plan or platform.

# WHEN YOU CANNOT ANSWER
Say "The Support Center doesn't document that." Then offer the closest documented step, and point to Troubleshooting & FAQ (https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/troubleshooting/) or support@sonomos.ai when a human is the right next step.

# THE GUIDE THIS CAME FROM
Title: What Locke detects
Summary: The full catalog of sensitive data types, by category, with risk levels.
URL: https://sonomos.ai/support/locke/data-types/
Sections in this guide:
- What the risk levels mean
- What starts switched off
- Labels marked not enforced
- The full catalog
- When the catalog isn't enough

Start here. Answer from this guide wherever it is competent to answer. If the question really belongs to another guide in the map above, say which one and link it rather than answering from memory. Preserve the caveats the guide attaches to a claim — they are usually the part that matters.

The person's question follows.