In Australia, the Privacy Act 1988 defines “personal information” as information or an opinion, whether true or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained—a much broader definition than in most other countries. In New Zealand, the Privacy Act defines...
Personal information in countries under the European Union (EU) is defined as information that identifies a person, including physical, mental, physiological, economic, cultural, or social identifying factors. Personal information also includes an ID number, whether issued by a state entity or a priv...
Although the legal definition of PII may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and state to state, the term typically refers to information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, either by itself or in combination with other personal or identifying information that is...
The term PII is defined in OMB Memorandum M-07-1616 refers to information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, either alone or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual. The definition of PII...
Further, PII is defined as information: (i) that directly identifies an individual (e.g., name, address, social security number or other identifying number or code, telephone number, email address, etc.) or (ii) by which an agency intends to identify specific individuals in conjunction with...
Government agencies can store PII like Social Security numbers, passport details, addresses, and license numbers. On the other hand, vendors can have bank details and login information. After identifying all the PII data your company has, you have to figure out where you store it. This can in...
Each segment definition defines a segment of visitors to a network property and, for each visitor in the first segment, includes a visitor identifier identifying a device used by a visitor to visit the network property and which is issued by the analytics system. The publisher selects the ...
-Information identifying personally owned property, such as vehicle registration number or title number and related information -Information about an individual that is linked or linkable to one of the above (e.g., date of birth, place of birth, race, religion, weight, activities, geographical in...
Identifying the nature of personal goals offers a window into a person’s life and helps us understand who they are. In McAdams’ (1995) terms, personal goals are part of what we know when we know a person, at the level of characteristic adaptations (McAdams & Pals,2006). The role of...
“Information which can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, such as their name, Social Security number, biometric records, etc. alone, or when combined with other personal or identifying information which is linked or linkable to a specific individual, such as date and pl...