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Einstein Activity Capture: Sensitive Emails — How "Don't Capture Sensitive Emails" and "Don’t Capture Automated Emails" Work

Publish Date: May 18, 2026
Description

When Don't Capture Sensitive Emails or Don’t Capture Automated Emails are enabled in EAC settings, EAC uses machine learning and pattern matching to identify emails that may contain sensitive information. There are 2 different behaviors depending on which version of EAC is used in your org.

  • Sync email as a Salesforce Activity: Emails flagged as sensitive or automated are discarded entirely — they are not captured in Salesforce at all and will not appear on the activity timeline.
  • Legacy Einstein Activity Capture: Emails flagged as sensitive or automated were synced to Salesforce but kept private on the activity timeline
Resolution

What EAC Detects as "Sensitive"

The sensitive email filter identifies the following types of personally identifiable information (PII):

  • US Social Security Numbers (SSN)
  • US Driver's License numbers
  • Canada Social Insurance Numbers (SIN)
  • Typical credit card numbers
  • Known Limitation: General banking information such as bank account numbers and routing numbers is not recognized by the filter.

What EAC Detects as "Automated"

  • Emails from addresses like no-reply@, postmaster@, or generic functional addresses like payments@, group@ and similar are identified as Automated

Known Limitations

  • The sensitive email filter uses the word "attempts" intentionally — it is not a guaranteed catch-all. Some emails containing sensitive data may still be captured if they do not match the recognized patterns.
  • Customers have reported instances of bank account details and passwords still being captured despite the setting being enabled. This is expected behavior, not a bug — the filter is best-effort only.
  • General banking information (bank account/routing numbers) is not recognized by the PII filter.
  • The Calendar Notifications rule applies to Google only; Outlook calendar notifications are not currently flagged.
Knowledge Article Number

005384602

 
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