personal information
Your identifying facts
Personal information is data that identifies or relates to a specific individual—name, address, phone number, social security number, medical records, financial details.
The term appears frequently in privacy policies and data protection laws: We will not share your personal information with third parties.
What counts as personal information has expanded with digital tracking to include browsing history, location data, and biometric identifiers.
- full nameAll given names together
- email addressElectronic contact identifier
- passwordsSecret authentication strings
- phone numberNumeric calling address
- home addressResidential street designation
medical records · blood type · name · age · social security number · biometric data · mailing address · next of kin · emergency contact · gender · nationality · financial data · tax returns · criminal history · marital status · religion · unique identifier · fax number
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Accessible-to-all data
public record · open data · public knowledge · common knowledge · government records
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Quantified information for analysis
population data · demographic data · census data · environmental data · metadata
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Broad everyday awareness
universal truths · scientific data · encyclopedic knowledge · technical specifications
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