Difference between revisions of "Personally Identifiable Information"

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NIST defines PII as "any information about an individual maintained by an agency, including (1) any information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual‘s identity, such as name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother‘s maiden name, or biometric records; and (2) any other information that is linked or linkable to an individual, such as medical, educational, financial, and employment information." [http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-122.pdf Pub800-122]
 
NIST defines PII as "any information about an individual maintained by an agency, including (1) any information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual‘s identity, such as name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother‘s maiden name, or biometric records; and (2) any other information that is linked or linkable to an individual, such as medical, educational, financial, and employment information." [http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-122.pdf Pub800-122]
 
Examples of PII include, but are not
 
limited to:
 
* Name, such as full name, maiden name, mother’s maiden name, or alias;
 
* Personal identification number, such as social security number (SSN), passport number, driver’s license number, taxpayer identification number, or financial account or credit card number;...
 
* Information about an individual that is linked or linkable to one of the above categories, such as date of birth, place of birth, race, religion, weight, activities, geographical indicators, employment information, medical, information, education, information, and financial information.
 

Latest revision as of 21:15, 24 January 2017

Personally identifiable information (PII) - information that can be used on its own or with linked information to identify a person. The Office of Management and Budget defines it as the "information about a person that contains some unique identifier, including but not limited to name or Social Security Number, from which the identity of the person can be determined." - Office of Management and Budget (OMB Memorandum M-07-16).

Minnesota Statute

An individual's first name or first initial and last name in combination with any one or more of the following data elements...:

  • Social Security number;
  • driver's license number or Minnesota identification card number; or
  • account number or credit or debit card number, in combination with any required security code, access code, or password that would permit access to an individual's financial account.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST defines PII as "any information about an individual maintained by an agency, including (1) any information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual‘s identity, such as name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother‘s maiden name, or biometric records; and (2) any other information that is linked or linkable to an individual, such as medical, educational, financial, and employment information."