Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

• Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is defined by the Privacy Act of 1974^[1]
  • "Information about an individual that identifies, links, relates, or is unique to, or describes the individual."
    • "e.g., a social security number; age; military rank; civilian grade; marital status; race; salary; home/office phone numbers; other demographic, biometric, personnel, medical, and financial information, etc."

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Sources

Introduction to The Privacy Act
The Privacy Act of 1974

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