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Identifying information belongs to the EXTERNAL category of personal information.
Definition
Identifying information is defined as information that uniquely or semi-uniquely identifies a specific individual.
- i.e. Name, username, unique identifier, government-issued identification, picture, biometric data
Relevant Laws
- (410 ILCS § 50/). Medical Patient Rights Act. (United States, Illinois)
- (740 ILCS § 14/). Biometric Information Privacy Act. (United States, Illinois)
- (815 ILCS 530/) Personal Information Protection Act. (United States, Illinois)
- Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (United States)
- Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (United States)
- Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970 (United States)
- Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act of 2015 (United States)
- Federal Election Campaign Act (United States)
- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (United States)
- Federal Policy for the Protection Human Subjects (United States)
- Federal Trade Commission Act (United States)
- GEN § 899-AA. Notification; person without valid authorization has acquired private information. (United States, New York)
- Gramm Leach Bliley Act (United States)
- Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (United States)
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (United States)
- ILL. HB 2189. The Genetic Information Privacy Act. (United States, Illinois)
- Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998 (United States)
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (United States)
- Internet Security and Privacy Act (United States, New York)
- Judicial Redress Act of 2015 (United States)
- NY GBS § 399-DDD Confidentiality of Social Security Account Number (United States, New York)
- NY. S5575B Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act) (United States, New York)
- Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (United States)
- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (United States)
- Privacy Act of 1974 (United States)
- Privacy Protection Act of 1980 (United States)
- Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (United States)
- S. 665 - Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015 (United States)
- Section 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (United States)
- Stored Communications Act (United States)
- Telecommunications Act of 1996 (United States)
- The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (United States)
- USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 (United States)
- Video Privacy Protection Act (United States)
- Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2004 (United States)
Relevant Articles
- A Man Gets Arrested After Facebook Translated His Post Wrongly
- A Photo of a Woman Crying After Florida School Shooting
- AI Accuses Wrong Person of Police Brutality in Belarus
- AIRprint Fingerprint Recognition From a Distance
- Abusers Using Smartphones to Track Victims
- Access to Face Recognition Search of Moscow Cameras System Is For Sale
- AccuWeather App Stealing Location Data
- Airport Facial Recognition Systems
- Allstate’s Insurance Pricing Algorithm Based on Non-Risk Factors
- Amazon Extending Prime into Whole Foods
- Amazon Gives Access to Alexa Recordings to a Wrong User
- Amazon Monitors Employees Private Facebook Groups
- Amazon sued for not telling New York store customers about facial recognition
- Amazon to Pay $25 Million to Settle Children’s Privacy Charges
- Amazon’s Ring Security Camera
- Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech Is a Privacy Nightmare
- Ancestry.com Genealogy Company Giving Access to Its Database to the Police
- Animal Agriculture Industry Tracks and Punishes Critics
- Anthem Data Breach
- App Spied on Belarusian Protesters
- Apple Faces Lawsuit Over AirTag Stalking Dangers
- Apple's Sexist Credit Card
- Apps Sending Personal Information to Facebook
- Attempt to Extort Toronto Hospital Using Stolen Patient Data
- Attorney-Client Calls by Jails
- Australian News-Sharing Platform Leaks 80 Thousand User Records
- Australian Scanned Drivers Licenses Database Leak
- Australian Security Cameras Hacked
- Automated Tenants Background Checks
- B.C. Canadian Tire stores broke privacy laws with facial ID technology
- Baltimore Police Flies Planes With Cameras
- Barred From Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition British merchants
- Belarusian Hackers Leaked Police Personal Information
- Bolsa Familia Social Welfare Program in Brazil
- Brainwave Tracking of Students in Class
- Canada Revenue Agency Credential Stuffing Attack
- Central Health Employee Accessed Patient Data
- Charges Dismissed for Following Women with a Camera
- Child Safety Smartwatches Easy to Hack
- Child Suspects’ Private Data Published Online
- China Is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Men and Boys
- China Keeping Records on Muslims
- China’s Cryptocurrency
- Chinese Database With Details on More Than Two Million People
- Chrome Collects User Data Regardless of Consent
- Chrome's Wipe Private Data Feature
- Clearview AI Settles Lawsuit and Limits the Sales of Facial Recognition Database
- Clearview's Facial Recognition App
- College Recruitment Database Leak
- Companies Stealing Influencers’ Faces