Here is a non-exhaustive list of information that you should consider before revealing online or giving to companies.
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Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
- Full Name
- Email address
- Home address
- Data of Birth
- Ethnicity / Race
- Gender
- National ID numbers / Social security number
- Passport number
- Visa permits number
- Driver’s license number
- Vehicle registration plate number
- Disability information
- Location information
- What you are doing when / status
- Events attended
- Status
- Sexual orientation
- Education and employment history
- Grades
- Salary
- Job position / title
- Photos
- Anything commercially sensitive
- Political and religious leanings and affiliation
- Views on controversial issues
- History / background
- Mother maiden name
- Place of birth
- Genetic information
- Insurance details
- Medical information
- Criminal record
- Credit score / record
- Sites registered on
Interconnections
- Work details – (Company name, address, colleagues)
- Family members
- Dependents
- Spouses / Partners
- Friends
- Associates
Authentication Details
- Usernames / Screen names / aliases
- Email address
- Passwords
- Digital identity
- Bio-metric data – Retina, face, fingerprints, handwriting
- Security tokens
- Password hashes
- Cookies
- Session information and tokens e.g. JSESSIONID
Mobile / Phones / Laptop / Devices
- MSISDN
- IMSI
- Mobile number
- Home phone number
- Browser
- GUID
- Operating systems
- IP address
- MAC address
- Hardware serials
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Is your “date of hire” for a Fed job considered PII?
It could be yes. Depends who is defining it.
Small correction, your mobile number is your MSISDN and so you have listed them separately. Also, I would include your IMEI as PII too.
Aware.
Is it a YES or NO? is IMEI PII or not?
Depends on the standard or law your referencing.
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What is your definition of location information in this list?
For instance, would historical GPS co-ordinates of a mobile device (without other details that identify the device itself) constitute PII?
It is important what I define as PII. It’s only important what any governing body/law/standard defines it as, that you might then have to conform to.
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List of Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Yes it is.
No not yet such information used
I was trying to get a new phone service and the rep asked me for my Social Security number. I refused, telling her they didn’t need that information and their company lost my business.
Revealing your name on social media is biggest leak of PII.
Hello , I’m aware of these pii’s which can be used for social engineering and different kinds of attacks and it’s not even possible to subscribe to any kind of services without login or signup. Its essential to keep track of fraud websites and difference between real and fake