diff --git a/privacy.js b/privacy.js
index 03478ba..1942036 100644
--- a/privacy.js
+++ b/privacy.js
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 // Public GitHub issues and customer-visible cards must never carry raw customer identifiers.
 // Keep this independent of route classification so every filing path has the same boundary.
+
+// A phone word and at most a few joining words right before the digits: "phone number is",
+// "call me on", "tel.", "mobile:", "my number is".
+const PHONE_CONTEXT =
+  /(?:phone|tel(?:ephone)?|t[eé]l[eé]phone|tel[eé]fono?|telefone|whatsapp|call|\b(?:mobile|cell|contact|ph)\b|\bmy\s+(?:number|no)\b)\.?(?:\s*(?:number|no\.?|is|me|us|at|on|[:=#-]))*\s*$/i;
+
 function redactSensitive(text, { issue = false, preserveOfficialEmails = false } = {}) {
   let out = String(text || '');
   const officialEmail = (value) => preserveOfficialEmails &&
@@ -17,7 +23,7 @@ function redactSensitive(text, { issue = false, preserveOfficialEmails = false }
   out = out.replace(/(?<![\w#])\+?(?:\(\d{1,4}\)|\d{1,4})(?:[\s().-]*(?:\(\d{1,4}\)|\d{1,4})){1,5}(?!\w)/g, (match, offset, source) => {
     const digits = match.replace(/\D/g, '');
     const before = source.slice(Math.max(0, offset - 32), offset);
-    const hasPhoneContext = /(?:phone|tel(?:ephone)?|whatsapp|call)\s*(?:number|no\.?|me|at|on|:|=)?\s*$/i.test(before);
+    const hasPhoneContext = PHONE_CONTEXT.test(before);
     if (digits.length > 15 || (digits.length < 9 && !(hasPhoneContext && digits.length >= 7))) return match;
     const groups = match.match(/\d+/g) || [];
     const lengths = groups.map((group) => group.length).join('-');
diff --git a/test/privacy.test.js b/test/privacy.test.js
index 81779b7..56ec5e4 100644
--- a/test/privacy.test.js
+++ b/test/privacy.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
 const test = require('node:test');
+const { issueBody } = require('../github');
 const { redactSensitive } = require('../privacy');
 
 test('provider-only official email exception does not weaken public issue redaction', () => {
@@ -53,3 +54,37 @@ test('public repository issue numbers survive while customer ticket numbers do n
   assert.match(out, /GitHub issue #20172/);
   assert.doesNotMatch(out, /138637367|18063/);
 });
+
+test('phone redaction catches a number introduced in ordinary words', () => {
+  const lines = [
+    'Phone number: 9876543210',
+    'My phone number is 9876543210, please call.',
+    'My phone is 4155550199',
+    'call me on 9876543210',
+    'Mobile 4155550199',
+    'cell: 4155550199',
+    'contact number 4155550199',
+    'tel. 020 7946 0958',
+    'Ph no: 9876543210',
+    'my number is 9876543210',
+    'Teléfono: 612345678',
+  ];
+  for (const line of lines) {
+    const out = redactSensitive(line, { issue: true });
+    assert.match(out, /\[phone\]/, line);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(out, /\d{4}/, line);
+  }
+});
+
+test('a phone word in the sentence does not turn builds and serials into phone numbers', () => {
+  const kept = 'On my phone the app is build 2026100312. Serial number is 0123456789012.';
+  assert.equal(redactSensitive(kept, { issue: true }), kept);
+});
+
+test('a phone number written into a bug report stays out of the public issue', () => {
+  const body = issueBody({
+    quote: 'The app crashes when I open Memories. Phone number: 9876543210 if you need to reach me.',
+  });
+  assert.doesNotMatch(body, /9876543210/);
+  assert.ok(body.includes('The app crashes when I open Memories. Phone number: [phone] if you need to reach me.'));
+});