slight mistranslation: apparently, the proper english term is “personally identifiable information” or “PII”.

my work environment is german speaking. didn’t bother looking up the translation, since it’s perfectly understandable and clearly communicates the right idea either way.

anyone that in any capacity handles data - like, say, sys admins (hint, hint) - knows this term.

it’s not a surprise that it doesn’t show up in an article called “GDPR for dummies”, since the people familiar with the term won’t get much use out of that site.

it’s also an IT-term, not afaik a legal term, used as a kind of short hand for (extra) sensitive data.

(the site being “commercial” is also irrelevant. the information content is important. since you haven’t been able to decipher the legal text, i figured linking a more easily digestible site would be more convenient.)

as to “who taught me that”…i couldn’t say. it’s part of my job to stay up to date on legislation related to my job, same as for anyone else. we’ve had countless meetings about how to handle this sort of data internally, with consultants, and with other departments. we have, as we are required to by law, a data security officer (i think that’s the translation) that regularly sends updates, information, and requests/demands as to how to handle PII. like i said: it’s a big thing^tm in IT in general. it’s a topic that can easily fill a university lecture and then some. and it was a significant part of my certification process.

also, fun fact! if you type “personally identifiable data” into a search engine, the literally first result explains all of this and more!

isn’t that fantastic?? :D

P.S.: i specifically told you:

look up the parts you aren’t sure about.

soooo…you’re not very good at finding information that isn’t presented to you, evidently. maybe work on that a bit? just a suggestion…