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Comment by nemoniac

16 days ago

GDPR is not a PII law. The term is not mentioned once in GDPR. GDPR speaks of "personal data", which as Wikipedia puts it "is significantly broader".

Doesn't PII, mean personal information which is is another term for personal data?

  • Personally Identifiable Information is about data that can identify you personally. Personal data might be something you don't want to share but is not necessarily identifying you