personally identifiable information; PII
Technical term used in privacy, data protection, and legal contexts. Refers to information that can identify an individual, such as name, address, or ID numbers.
Please handle personally identifiable information with great care.
This system stores personally identifiable information in encrypted form.
Broader term for personal information, not necessarily unique identifiers. 個人識別情報 specifically refers to data that can single out an individual.
Compound of 個人 (individual), 識別 (identification), and 情報 (information). A modern technical term likely calqued from English 'personally identifiable information'.