PRIVACY AWARENESS & PII TRAINING
Defining Personal Information
Personal information is sometimes referred to as personally identifiable information (PII) or as personal data (the term used in the EU). Defining what personal information is — and being able to identify it — is essential for privacy awareness training because privacy laws and regulations are triggered if personal information is involved. Personal information can be a tricky concept because it is sometimes contingent and contextual.
This PII training course (~ 8.5 minutes) is an overview of how to identify personal information. It explains clearly and understandably what personal information is and how to approach identifying it. The course has 4 quiz questions.
Learning Objectives
- Understand what personally identifiable information is and how to identify it
- Learn about how combining various pieces of non-identified data can link the data to individuals
Here is a course outline:
1. Introduction
2. What Is Personal Information
A. Information Associated with Other Personal Information
B. Information Combinations that Identify Individuals
3. Non-Personal Information
4. How Should You Identify Personal Information?
5. Sensitive Personal Information
6. Why Do You Need to Be Able to Identify Personal Information?
7. Know Your Data
This privacy training module can stand-alone or can be snapped together with other related courses such as The Importance of Protecting Personal Data, which discusses reasons why an organization needs to be concerned about privacy and protecting personal information.
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About TeachPrivacy and Our Training Philosophy
TeachPrivacy was founded by Professor Daniel J. Solove, the leading expert on privacy and data security law. He is deeply involved in the creation of all training programs because he believes that training works best when made by subject-matter experts and by people with extensive teaching experience.
According to Professor Solove: “Great training isn’t about slickness or tricks. It is about teaching. The goal is to make people understand, care, and remember. Great training is made with genuine passion – to make people love training, it must be made with love. Excellent substance is essential. The material must be explained clearly, understandably, and concretely. The content must be short and to the point – and it must be engaging. Slickness and gimmicks can’t compensate for lackluster substance.”
TeachPrivacy provides privacy awareness training, information security awareness training, phishing training, HIPAA training, FERPA training, PCI training, as well as training on many other privacy and security topics.
Professor Solove is a law professor at George Washington University Law School. He has taught for 15 years, has published 10 books and more than 50 articles, including the leading textbook on information privacy law and a short guidebook on the subject. His LinkedIn blog has more than 1 million followers. Click here for more information about Professor Solove.