diff --git a/clients/admin-ui/src/features/common/utils.ts b/clients/admin-ui/src/features/common/utils.ts
index 3c9bd143cc7..243600163b5 100644
--- a/clients/admin-ui/src/features/common/utils.ts
+++ b/clients/admin-ui/src/features/common/utils.ts
@@ -315,3 +315,18 @@ export const nFormatter = (num: number = 0, digits: number = 0) =>
     notation: "compact",
     maximumFractionDigits: digits,
   }).format(num);
+
+/**
+ * Humanizes a field_name value from evidence items.
+ *
+ * The backend emits two formats depending on how the evidence was generated:
+ * - AI path (bare key):   "legal_basis"                     → "Legal basis"
+ * - Non-AI path (dotted): "privacy_declaration.legal_basis" → "Legal basis"
+ *
+ * The source_type label already identifies where the data came from, so the
+ * prefix segment of a dotted path is redundant and is stripped.
+ */
+export const formatFieldName = (raw: string): string => {
+  const leaf = raw.includes(".") ? raw.split(".").pop()! : raw;
+  return sentenceCase(leaf.replace(/_/g, " "));
+};
diff --git a/clients/admin-ui/src/features/privacy-assessments/EvidenceCardGroup.tsx b/clients/admin-ui/src/features/privacy-assessments/EvidenceCardGroup.tsx
index 1cbd5fe39e7..e6792a88e50 100644
--- a/clients/admin-ui/src/features/privacy-assessments/EvidenceCardGroup.tsx
+++ b/clients/admin-ui/src/features/privacy-assessments/EvidenceCardGroup.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { Space, Text } from "fidesui";
 
-import { formatDate } from "~/features/common/utils";
+import { formatDate, formatFieldName } from "~/features/common/utils";
 
-import { FIELD_NAME_LABELS, SOURCE_TYPE_LABELS } from "./constants";
+import { SOURCE_TYPE_LABELS } from "./constants";
 import styles from "./EvidenceCardGroup.module.scss";
 import { EvidenceItem } from "./types";
 
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ export const EvidenceCardGroup = ({ items }: EvidenceCardGroupProps) => (
           {SOURCE_TYPE_LABELS[item.source_type] ?? item.source_type}
         </Text>
         <Text className={`mb-2 block ${styles.cardValue}`}>
-          <Text type="secondary">
-            {FIELD_NAME_LABELS[item.field_name] ??
-              item.field_name.replace(/_/g, " ")}
-            :{" "}
-          </Text>
+          <Text type="secondary">{formatFieldName(item.field_name)}: </Text>
           {item.value}
         </Text>
         <Text type="secondary" size="sm" className="block">
diff --git a/clients/admin-ui/src/features/privacy-assessments/constants.ts b/clients/admin-ui/src/features/privacy-assessments/constants.ts
index f13428f862e..bbfac2bb6be 100644
--- a/clients/admin-ui/src/features/privacy-assessments/constants.ts
+++ b/clients/admin-ui/src/features/privacy-assessments/constants.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const FREQUENCY_OPTIONS = [
 
 export const SOURCE_TYPE_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
   system: "System",
-  privacy_declaration: "Privacy declaration",
+  privacy_declaration: "Data uses",
   data_category: "Data category",
   data_use: "Data use",
   data_subject: "Data subject",
@@ -68,13 +68,3 @@ export const SOURCE_TYPE_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
   data_flow: "Data flow",
   connection: "Connection",
 };
-
-export const FIELD_NAME_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
-  name: "Name",
-  description: "Description",
-  data_use: "Data use",
-  data_categories: "Data categories",
-  data_subjects: "Data subjects",
-  retention_period: "Retention period",
-  third_parties: "Third parties",
-};
diff --git a/clients/admin-ui/src/features/privacy-assessments/utils.ts b/clients/admin-ui/src/features/privacy-assessments/utils.ts
index de0308d16dc..ef0c2b8c685 100644
--- a/clients/admin-ui/src/features/privacy-assessments/utils.ts
+++ b/clients/admin-ui/src/features/privacy-assessments/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { FIELD_NAME_LABELS, SOURCE_TYPE_LABELS } from "./constants";
+import { formatFieldName } from "~/features/common/utils";
+
+import { SOURCE_TYPE_LABELS } from "./constants";
 import type { AssessmentTaskResponse, EvidenceItem } from "./types";
 
 export const formatSystems = (task: AssessmentTaskResponse | null): string => {
@@ -57,8 +59,6 @@ export const filterEvidence = (
       (SOURCE_TYPE_LABELS[item.source_type] ?? item.source_type)
         .toLowerCase()
         .includes(lower) ||
-      (FIELD_NAME_LABELS[item.field_name] ?? item.field_name.replace(/_/g, " "))
-        .toLowerCase()
-        .includes(lower),
+      formatFieldName(item.field_name).toLowerCase().includes(lower),
   );
 };