Yes.
Personal data: data which relate to a living individual who can be identified -
(a) from those data, or
(b) from those data and other information which is in the possession of, or is likely to come into the possession of, the data controller,
and includes any expression of opinion about the individual and any indication of the intentions of the data controller or any other person in respect of the individual.
no because you give it out to other people
Yes it is
A relative's business address.
A relative's business address
A relative's business address.
Yes, your home address is an example of a personally identifiable information. If someone has your physical address they can get the name of the residents and other personal information from public records.
A relative's business address
Information such as a person's favorite color or food preference is unlikely to be considered personally identifiable information. This type of information does not typically reveal a person's identity or allow for direct identification of an individual.
Wikianswers doesn't supply personally identifiable information for public individuals.
It's not advisable to post credit card number, nor telephone numbers nor your address. Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
The information pertains to health informationIt contains something that can identify the individual such as a name, number, or address
Full name, surname, phone number, house address, credit card details, ZIP code (postcode), date of birth/ age.Possibly some others.A person's name, or address, or social security number, or any other identifying information like telephone numbers or email addresses, or any other kind of information that one could use or put together in order to determine the identity of the person involved. Things like zipcode or birth date alone would not really be personally indentifiable information, but together with other information they could be instrumental in isolating an individual's identity.
PII stands for Personally Identifiable Information. It refers to any data that could potentially identify a specific individual. This includes information such as a person's name, address, social security number, and other sensitive details. Protecting PII is vital for maintaining privacy and preventing identity theft.
A quick answer is that just answering a question here does not give away much information about you unless you put that information into your answer. The best answer to this is already contained in the WikiAnswers privacy policy. You can find the link to it at the bottom of the page under "Company". The information that is gathered when you answer a question is limited to: domain name you connected from IP address you connected from access times referring web site (if you got to WikiAnswers from a link on another site) platform (i.e. what OS your are running) browser type (Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc.) From the WikiAnswers Privacy Policy page: The information collected is not personally identifiable ... and is used only to provide statistics about usage of the Sites in the aggregate to improve the quality of the Sites and Services, to better understand how people interact with us, to deliver advertising and measure its effectiveness, to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you, or to cooperate with law enforcement. We may use third party contractors to collect and aggregate such information. Additionally, please note that none of the Services include "spyware," meaning the Services do not run any background processes that report information about your software or hardware configuration or your web browsing or purchasing habits. None of the automatically collected information really tells anything personal about you. Take note however, that there are some features of the site and associated sites that request some of your personal information. Again from the Privacy Policy: Although you are not required to provide any personally identifiable information to use most parts of the Sites or Services, registration and full utilization of some of our Services do require that you provide certain personally identifiable information. For example, personally identifiable information you might provide could include your contact information if you participate in a promotion or sweepstakes, your email address if you are registering for WikiAnswers.com or requesting Answers' highlights or newsletters or if you submit a help request to us via email or respond to employment opportunities posted on the Sites. Other personally identifiable information you might provide could include your contact information if you participate in a promotion or sweepstakes, your email address if you request Answers' highlights or newsletters or if you submit a help request to us via email or respond to employment opportunities posted on the Sites. The amount of such personally identifiable information that you choose to disclose to us is completely up to you, although access to or use of some Services may be affected if such information is not provided. We have put in place procedures reasonably designed to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.