What counts as personally identifiable information?

What counts as personally identifiable information?

Personally identifiable information, or PII, is any data that could potentially be used to identify a particular person. Examples include a full name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, bank account number, passport number, and email address.

What is not considered PII information?

Non-PII data, is simply data that is anonymous. This data can not be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity such as their name, social security number, date and place of birth, bio-metric records etc. Non-PII data typically includes data collected by browsers and servers using cookies.

Is employer information considered PII?

Sensitive personally identifiable information includes: Employee personnel records and tax information, including Social Security number and Employer Identification Number. Passport information.

What fields are considered PII?

Some key examples of PII fields include name (first and last), birthdate, home address, social security number, bank account number, passport number, and mother’s maiden name. Health insurance ID number, health insurance claims, policy numbers, credit card numbers and more can also be considered PII.

What is PII example?

Personal identification numbers: social security number (SSN), passport number, driver’s license number, taxpayer identification number, patient identification number, financial account number, or credit card number. Personal address information: street address, or email address. Personal telephone numbers.

How can you help protect PII against unauthorized use?

10 steps to help your organization secure personally identifiable information against loss or compromise

1. Identify the PII your company stores.
2. Find all the places PII is stored.
3. Classify PII in terms of sensitivity.
4. Delete old PII you no longer need.
5. Establish an acceptable usage policy.
6. Encrypt PII.

How can we protect PII and PHI?

What are the best ways to secure PII/PHI?

1. Risk Analysis. First, assemble a risk matrix to identify where your organization has issues with confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.
2. Policy. Who has access to what kind of data?
3. Rule of Least Privilege.
4. Encryption.
5. Training.

What is difference between PHI and PII?

PHI is an acronym of Protected Health Information, while PII is an acronym of Personally Identifiable Information. Health information relates to past, present, and future health conditions or physical/mental health that is related to the provision of healthcare services or payment for those services.

Is IP address considered PHI?

Device identifiers and serial numbers. Internet protocol addresses. Full face photos and comparable images. Biometric identifiers (i.e. retinal scan, fingerprints)

What is dental PHI?

PHI is information that is created, transmitted, received, or maintained by a covered entity — your dental office — that is related to any of the following: Past, present, or future health or condition of an individual. Yes, ledger entries are PHI and considered part of the chart.

What PHI means?

Protected Health Information

What is the difference between Hipaa and PHI?

In a nutshell, the HIPAA Privacy Rule focuses on the rights of the individual and their ability to control their protected health information or PHI. The HIPAA Security Rule on the other hand only deals with the protection of ePHI or electronic PHI that is created, received, used, or maintained.

What are the 3 rules of HIPAA?

The three components of HIPAA security rule compliance. Keeping patient data safe requires healthcare organizations to exercise best practices in three areas: administrative, physical security, and technical security.

Why is it important to protect health information?

Protecting the security of data in health research is important because health research requires the collection, storage, and use of large amounts of personally identifiable health information, much of which may be sensitive and potentially embarrassing.