The United States currently does not have a comprehensive national data privacy law similar to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Instead, the U.S. has a sectoral approach with different rules applying to specific sectors or types of data, such as the Health Insurance Portabil...
What is a data controller? A data controller is the decision-maker for why and how PII is processed; you’re considered a data controller if you interact with unique details about your users. What is a data processor? A data processor is a third party, like Mailgun, that conducts data ...
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):The first of many US state laws to require protection for personal data and a mechanism to sue over data breaches. Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL):The Chinese law to protect the PII associated with citizens within the People’s Republic of China...
PHI is a type of personally identifiable information (PII), which is data that can be used to identify an individual. Below are data fields that may be PHI if processed by a covered entity or business associate and to the extent the data is associated with the provision of healthcare: ...
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):The first of many US state laws to require protection for personal data and a mechanism to sue over data breaches. Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL):The Chinese law to protect the PII associated with citizens within the People’s R...
PII isn't always as obvious as a name or Social Security number. Sometimes, it's another identifier such as an IP address or cookie information. If it’s possible to identify an individual based on a data field or record, that data is personal data....
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Legal firms handle a great deal of sensitive information. This can include everything from corporate intellectual property, client and financial data to personally identifiable information (PII). In many cases, some or all of this information is a...
The reason the health care systems is such an attractive target for cybercriminals is largely due to the valuable information that electronic health records hold, namely protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII). This health information is highly private data and...
Personally identifiable information (PII) is any data that could potentially identify a specific individual. Continue Reading By Alexander S. Gillis, Technical Writer and Editor Corinne Bernstein Definition 14 Jun 2024 chief trust officer A chief trust officer (CTrO) in the IT industry is an ...