Personal information

Personal information (PI) is an umbrella term that covers details about you someone could use to describe, link, associate or pick you out from the crowd with. And depending on where you are in the world, personal information can also include or go by various other names and acronyms:

  • Personally identifiable information (PII)
  • Personal data
  • Sensitive personal data or information (SPI)
  • Private information
  • Individually identifiable information
  • Protected health information (PHI)
  • Individually identifiable health information