personally identifiable information

information that can be used to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context
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Summary

personally identifiable information is a concept[1]. It draws 60 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #360 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • personally identifiable information's instance of is recorded as concept[3].
  • personally identifiable information's main regulatory text is recorded as Privacy Act of 1974[4].
  • personally identifiable information's main regulatory text is recorded as Online Privacy Protection Act[5].
  • personally identifiable information's main regulatory text is recorded as 201 CMR 17.00[6].
  • personally identifiable information's main regulatory text is recorded as General Data Protection Regulation[7].
  • personally identifiable information's main regulatory text is recorded as German Federal Data Protection Act[8].
  • personally identifiable information is a type of sensitive information[9].
  • personally identifiable information is a type of personal data[10].
  • personally identifiable information comprises privacy data breach[11].
  • personally identifiable information's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Personally identifiable information[12].
  • personally identifiable information's facet of is recorded as privacy[13].
  • personally identifiable information's facet of is recorded as security risk[14].
  • personally identifiable information's facet of is recorded as information security[15].
  • personally identifiable information's facet of is recorded as privacy law[16].
  • personally identifiable information's partially coincident with is recorded as biographic information[17].
  • personally identifiable information's partially coincident with is recorded as contact information[18].
  • personally identifiable information's partially coincident with is recorded as personal data[19].
  • personally identifiable information's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PII'}[20].
  • personally identifiable information's different from is recorded as personal data[21].
  • personally identifiable information's has part is recorded as personal data[22].

Body

Definition and Type

personally identifiable information's instance of is recorded as concept[3]. Recorded subclass of include sensitive information[9] and personal data[10].

Use and Application

personally identifiable information comprises privacy data breach[11].

Why It Matters

personally identifiable information draws 60 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #360 of 912).[2] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). personally identifiable information. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/personally-identifiable-information
MLA “personally identifiable information.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 20 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/personally-identifiable-information.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_personally-identifiable-information_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{personally identifiable information}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/personally-identifiable-information}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-20}}
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  1. 26d ago · Ilunlun · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Quora topic id → Personally-Identifiable-Information
    Different from → personal data
    Investopedia term id → p/personally-identifiable-information-pii
    Imported from → —
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||he, ru */ Add missing Russian and Hebrew labels and descriptions for cybersecurity/cryptography term"
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