Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Personally Identifiable Information

Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, either alone or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, either alone or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

See Also

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

MeSH Record

History Note

2016

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. I01w.880w.604.583w.080w.660w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Personally Identifiable Information. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000068241. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000068241
  2. Personally Identifiable Information. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personally_Identifiable_Information
  3. Personally Identifiable Information. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076693