Data governance - Concept
PII
(Personally Identifiable Information)
Information that can identify a particular person, either alone or when combined with other details
What's it for?
Flags details that could identify a real person so they are handled more carefully.
For example…
A spreadsheet of employee names, national insurance numbers, and home addresses is full of PII and should not be emailed widely
A spreadsheet containing names, work emails and employee numbers contains PII because those details can identify specific people.
Think of it like…
Labelled coat check ticket: one scrap may seem harmless, but with the matching coat it identifies someone