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Personally identifiable information

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001434

Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, either alone (such as name or social security number) or when combined with other personal or identifying information (such as business occupation plus home address) that is linked or linkable to a specific individual. By law the Census Bureau cannot release such information.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001434
FieldEconomic statistics
AbbreviationPII
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoTitle 13 (U.S. Code)
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001434",
  "term": "Personally identifiable information",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, either alone (such as name or social security number) or when combined with other personal or identifying information (such as business occupation plus home address) that is linked or linkable to a specific individual. By law the Census Bureau cannot release such information.",
  "abbreviation": "PII",
  "see_also": [
    "Title 13 (U.S. Code)"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/personally-identifiable-information/"
}

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