P2 Contact Information - Address telephone number, delivery instructions, etc. P3 Descriptive Information - Sex, age, clothing size, etc. P5 Account and Historical Information - Financial, medical information, etc. PCIX allows individuals to have both a personal and a professional profile. Separate vendors may hold the same information in different subcategories and can easily map them to communicate over a single system.
Consumers control when and at what level they give out information.
Various third-party, information support businesses can provide avenues for communication within the PCIX environment. Some will provide anonymity services, others will act as financial infomediaries. Still others will focus on passwords. If they operate openly, they all operate as PCIX services.