Personal Identifiable Information (PII) is defined as sensitive data or other unencrypted digital information that includes an individual’s name, initial, in combination with any one or more of the following:
Social Security number (SSN).
Driver’s license number or State-issued Identification Card number.
Financial account number, credit card number, or debit card number in combination with any required information that could permit access to an individual’s financial account.
Medical data (any information regarding an individual’s medical history, mental or physical condition, or medical treatment or diagnosis by a healthcare professional)
Health insurance information (an individual’s health insurance policy number or subscriber identification number, any unique identifier used by a health insurer to identify the individual, or any information in an individual’s application and claims history, including any appeals records)
Many laws require that Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is appropriately protected and that affected individuals must be notified of any reasonable suspicion of a compromise of that protection.
Read more on the importance of PII Scanning.