Examples of Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

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PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII)

PII is ― 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.

EXAMPLES OF PII DATA

The following list contains examples of information that may be considered PII.

  • 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, patient identification number, financial account or credit card number and Department of Defense Identification (ID) number
  • Address information, such as street address or email address
  • Asset information, such as Internet Protocol (IP) or Media Access Control (MAC) address or other host-specific persistent static identifier that consistently links to a particular person or small, well-defined group of people
  • Telephone numbers, including mobile, business, and personal numbers
  • Personal characteristics, including photographic image (especially of face or other distinguishing characteristic), x-rays, fingerprints, or other biometric image or template data (e.g., retina scan, voice signature, facial geometry)
  • 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, age, place of birth, race, religion, weight, activities, geographical indicators, demographic information, employment information, security clearance information, medical information, education information, financial information, drug test results, criminal history, marital status, and family information)