Introduction

Question 1

What is privacy?

Answer 1

The right “to be let alone.” - Brandeis

“the rights and obligations of individuals with respect to the collection, use, retention, disclosure, and destruction of personal information.” from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (IACPA) Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP)

Question 2

What is personal information?

Answer 2

“information that is or can be about or related to an identifiable individual” - GAPP

Question 3

PII

Answer 3

Personally Identifiable Information

Question 4

SPI

Answer 4

Sensitive Personal Information. Used by the GDPR to create special boundaries and controls around categories of information.

Includes racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious and philosophical beliefs, trade union memberships, genetic data, biometric data used for the purposes of uniquely identifying a natural person, health data, and data concerning a natural person’s sex life or orientation.