Overview
This handbook provides best practices and Department of Homeland Security policy requirements to prevent a privacy incident involving PII during all stages of the information lifecycle.
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Overview Personally Identifiable Information (PII) includes: “(1) any information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, such as name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother’s maiden name, or biometric records; and (2) any other information that is linked or linkable to an individual,…