5.1

Credit Card Track Data Content Blade
Track data is the information encoded and stored on two tracks located within the magnetic stripe on the back
of a credit card (debit card, gift card, etc). There are three tracks on the magstripe (magnetic strip on the back
of a credit card).
Each track is .110-inch wide. The ISO/IEC standard 7811, which is used by banks, specifies:
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Track one is 210 bits per inch (bpi), and holds 79 six-bit plus parity bit read-only characters.
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Track two is 75 bpi, and holds 40 four-bit plus parity bit characters.
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Track three is 210 bpi, and holds 107 four-bit plus parity bit characters.
Your credit card typically uses only tracks one and two. Track three is a read/write track (that includes an
encrypted PIN, country code, currency units, amount authorized), but its usage is not standardized among
banks.
This content blade requires a match to the Credit Card Track Data entity.
Custom Account Number Content Blade
The Custom Accounts content blade is an editable blade and should contain a regular expression for an
organization's custom account patterns.
Delaware Drivers License Number Content Blade
The content blade looks for matches to the Delaware driver’s license pattern and words and phrases such as
driver’s license and license number and terms such as DE or Delaware.
EU Debit Card Number Content Blade
The content blade looks for patterns of the major European Union debit card numbers.
The content blade will match with a combination of the following pieces of information in close proximity, if
either:
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More than one match to a EU debit card number
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A single match to a EU debit card number plus two of either a word or phrase for credit card (e.g. card
number or cc#), credit card security, expiration date or name
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A single match to a EU debit card number with an expiration date
Florida Drivers License Number Content Blade
The content blade looks for matches to the Florida driver’s license pattern and words and phrases such as
driver’s license and license number and terms such as FL or Florida.
Driver's license pattern: 1 Alphabetic, 12 Numeric.
France Driving License Number Content Blade
The content blade requires the following to match for a French driving license in a close proximity.
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French driving license pattern
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Either words or phrases for a driving license (e.g. driving license, permis de conduire) or E.U. date format
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