---
id: "in_epic"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
country: ["IN"]
langs: ["en", "hi"]
quality: 75
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/in_epic"
---

# Indian voter ID card number (EPIC) (`in_epic`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Number of the Indian Electors Photo Identity Card (voter ID) issued by the Election Commission of India: three letters and seven digits.

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: India (IN)
- Languages: English (en), Hindi (hi)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-Z]{3}\d{7}$
```

## Mappings

- dpv: `pd:OfficialID`
- purview: `India Voter ID Card`
- stdnum: `in_.epic`

## Supported by tools

- `awscomprehend`
- `databricks`
- `microsoftpurview`
- `openmetadata`
- `pythonstdnum`
- `snowflake`

## Sources

- doc: <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sit-defn-india-voter-id-card>
- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elector%27s_Photo_Identity_Card>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: examples, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/in_epic.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/IN/persons/in_epic.yaml>