legal-001 must GuidesAPI docsMarketingBlog Do not use real or personally identifiable information in examples; use reserved or fictitious domain names, curated person names, and RFC-reserved IP address ranges.
Legal compliance
This page covers the data you may use in examples. Formatting conventions for placeholder values are on the placeholders page.
Use fictitious data in examples
Section titled “Use fictitious data in examples”Examples
- ✓ A request example that uses
jane@example.comand the IP address192.0.2.10 - ✗ A request example that uses a coworker’s real email address and an IP address copied from production logs
Rationale
Real personal data in an example can expose a real person and may breach privacy rules, while reserved and fictitious values carry no such risk.