Personal data, also known as personal information, personally identifying information , or sensitive personal information , is any information relating to identifying a person.
Not all are equivalent, and for legal purposes the effective definitions vary depending on the jurisdiction and the purposes for which the term is being used.
As a response to these threats, many website privacy policies specifically address the gathering of PII, and lawmakers such as the European Parliament have enacted a series of legislation such as the General Data Protection Regulation to limit the distribution and accessibility of PII.
Personally identifying information is a legal concept, not a technical concept, and it is not utilised in all jurisdictions.
