sensitive information
Data requiring discretion
Sensitive information is data that requires protection from unauthorized access—personal details, financial records, medical history, trade secrets, or classified government material.
Disclosure could cause harm, embarrassment, or legal liability: The breach exposed sensitive information including Social Security numbers.
What counts as sensitive depends on context; a home address is more sensitive for a domestic violence survivor than for most people.
- classified documentsFiles with access restrictions
- top secretHighest classification level
- eyes onlyRestricted to intended recipient
- need to knowRestricted information access basis
- trade secretsProtected commercial knowledge
prescriptions · biometric data · medical history · court records · tax records · military strategies · state secrets · intellectual property · whistleblower · census data · confidential · under wraps · sealed records · treatment plans · internal memos · paper trail · passwords · social security number
sensitive informationpublic information
Accessible-to-all data
public knowledge · public record · open data · common knowledge · general knowledge