Add 13 German country-specific predefined PII PatternRecognizers and…

[shokrydev]

… their tests. Includes supported_entities.md and default_recognizers.yaml update.

Change Description

Added 13 German country-specific predefined PII PatternRecognizers and their tests

• de_passport_recognizer.py
• de_commercial_register_recognizer.py
• de_driver_license_recognizer.py
• de_vat_code_recognizer.py
• de_bsnr_recognizer.py
• de_tax_id_recognizer.py
• de_social_security_recognizer.py
• de_personal_id_recognizer.py
• de_telematik_id_recognizer.py
• de_license_plate_recognizer.py
• de_postal_code_recognizer.py
• de_kvnr_recognizer.py
• de_lanr_recognizer.py

Issue reference

Closes #1828

Checklist

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• I have signed the CLA (if required)
• My code includes unit tests
• All unit tests and lint checks pass locally
• My PR contains documentation updates / additions if required

[shokrydev]

@microsoft-github-policy-service agree

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This pull request adds 13 German country-specific PII (Personally Identifiable Information) recognizers to Presidio, addressing issue #1828. The implementation includes pattern-based recognizers with checksum validation where applicable, comprehensive test coverage, and proper documentation updates.

Changes:

• Added 13 new German PII recognizers in presidio-analyzer/presidio_analyzer/predefined_recognizers/country_specific/germany/ with pattern matching and validation logic
• Added corresponding test files with comprehensive test cases covering valid/invalid formats, edge cases, and initialization tests
• Updated configuration files (default_recognizers.yaml, __init__.py) to register the new recognizers
• Updated supported_entities.md documentation with descriptions of all new German entity types

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 30 out of 30 changed files in this pull request and generated 10 comments.

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File	Description
de_bsnr_recognizer.py	Facility number recognizer with KV regional code validation
de_commercial_register_recognizer.py	Commercial register number (HRA/HRB) recognizer
de_driver_license_recognizer.py	Driver's license recognizer with alphanumeric validation
de_kvnr_recognizer.py	Health insurance number recognizer with modified Luhn checksum
de_lanr_recognizer.py	Physician number recognizer with checksum validation
de_license_plate_recognizer.py	Vehicle license plate recognizer
de_passport_recognizer.py	Passport number recognizer with checksum validation
de_personal_id_recognizer.py	Personal ID card recognizer with checksum validation
de_postal_code_recognizer.py	5-digit postal code recognizer
de_social_security_recognizer.py	Social security number with complex checksum per VKVV § 2
de_tax_id_recognizer.py	Tax ID recognizer with ISO 7064 MOD 11,10 checksum
de_telematik_id_recognizer.py	Healthcare IT infrastructure identifier
de_vat_code_recognizer.py	VAT number recognizer (DE + 9 digits format)
test_de_*.py (13 files)	Comprehensive test suites for each recognizer
__init__.py (2 files)	Import and export declarations for new recognizers
default_recognizers.yaml	Configuration entries (disabled by default)
supported_entities.md	Documentation table with all 13 German entity types

[omri374]

Thanks! apologies for the delayed review.

[omri374]

consider adding "vat" too. The current context aware mechanism works on unigrams and not on sentences, so "vat id" would not be caught.

[omri374]

@shokrydev thanks for this comprehensive addition! Please see the minor comment + CI failures.

[SharonHart]

@shokrydev are you planning on continuing this? Thanks!