SIN

Generates a new valid Canadian Social Insurance Number (SIN) that preserves the formatting of the original value.

For example, the original value might be 123456789, 123 456 789, or 123-456-789. The output value uses the same format.

Characteristics

Consistency	Yes, can be made self-consistent.
Linking	No, cannot be linked.
Differential privacy	No, cannot be made differentially private.
Data-free	Yes, if consistency is not enabled.
Allowed for primary keys	No
Allowed for unique columns	Yes
Uses format-preserving encryption (FPE)	Yes
Privacy ranking	1 if not consistent 4 if consistent
Generator ID (for the API)	SINGenerator

How to configure

To configure the generator, toggle the Consistency setting to indicate whether to make the generator self-consistent.

By default, the generator is not consistent.

If Structural data encryption is enabled, then to use it for this column, in the advanced options section, toggle Use data encryption process to the on position.