Synthetic data in the test service

The test service is seeded with synthetic data - no real PII is used.

The input data comprises 400,000 records, which is the expected number of contact records in the full production service. Using full-size data
ensures that the service can perform adequately at full size.

The first few rows of the CSV input data are:

RecordID,FirstName,LastName,DateOfBirth,Email,Postcode,ExpiryDate,NOSES_ID
1,Fredb,Bloggsb,1983-02-01,email4@example.com,PC15,2023-02-01,1
2,Fredbdc,Bloggsfcgc,1949-07-13,email52623@example.com,PC236778,2017-07-13,13155
3,Fredhfg,Bloggsdaccf,1978-09-02,email302283@example.com,PC1360143,2022-09-02,75564
4,Fredefj,Bloggsbideh,1968-05-27,email183485@example.com,PC825603,2020-05-27,45867
5,Fredfdd,Bloggscbdbb,1938-01-24,email213136@example.com,PC959019,2015-01-24,53279
6,Fredcbj,Bloggsihfj,1935-09-15,email87596@example.com,PC394142,2015-09-15,21897
7,Harry,Potter,1970-01-01,harry.potter@example.com,HP11AA,2009-01-11,7778
8,Fredghj,Bloggschbff,1994-08-20,email271582@example.com,PC1222005,2025-08-20,67890
9,Fredgia,Bloggschbhc,1940-07-24,email271755@example.com,PC1222782,2016-07-24,67933

(2017-12-19) The data listed above should now match the data in the test matching service. Please note that records 1 and 2 were incorrect
before.
(2018-02-27) The data in the matching service has been changed to include first and last names without numbers, as shown above. The full
contents of the file is attached to this page as a ZIP file names.zip.

The fields are:

Field Description

RecordID Internal use only - not accessible via the API

FirstName First name of the excluder

LastName Last name of the excluder

DateOfBirth In YYYY-MM-DD format

Email The validated email used by the excluder

Postcode UK postcode - spaces are ignored

ExpiryDate The date up until which the excluder is prevented from gambling. If the date is in the future the API will respond with a Y; if in the
past then P will be returned, The underlying date is not accessible via the API. Please note that this is the logic used in this test
simulator for illustrative purposes only; the production service uses a more complex algorithm that includes whether the excluder
has opted out or not after the expiry date has passed.

NOSES_ID The record number in the NOSES/GamStop database. This is the linking field between the matching service and the main
consumer portal database. This is stored in clear (i.e. is not hashed). This value is not returned via the API