Personally Identifying Information Law and Legal Definition
Personally Identifiable Information means the information concerning a person, which can be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate the person. The term is often abbreviated as PII.
The following is an example of a federal statute defining the term:
According to 42 USCS § 13925, the term "personally identifying information" or "personal information" means individually identifying information for or about an individual including information likely to disclose the location of a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including:
(A) a first and last name;
(B) a home or other physical address;
(C) contact information (including a postal, e-mail or Internet protocol address, or telephone or facsimile number);
(D) a social security number; and
(E) any other information, including date of birth, racial or ethnic background, or religious affiliation, that, in combination with any of subparagraphs (A) through (D), would serve to identify any individual.
Legal Definition list
- Personally Identifiable Information [Education]
- Personally Identifiable Information ( Bankruptcy)
- Personally Identifiable Financial Information
- Personality Theory [Intellectual Property]
- Personality Test
- Personally Identifying Information
- Personalty
- Personnel
- Persons Engaged In National-Defense Activities
- Persons Registered as Brokers or Dealers
- Persuasive Authority
Related Legal Terms
- Access to Classified Information (Military)
- Adequate Information
- Amendment of Information
- American Federation of Information Processing Societies
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- Billing Information
- Bureau of Information Resource Management [Department of State]
- Business Information
- Business Information Sources
- Case Information Sheet
