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Articles about PII

Personally Identifiable Information protection and secure erasure best practices

Protect personally identifiable information (PII) including names, addresses, financial data, and biometric information from identity theft, privacy breaches, and data vulnerabilities using secure erasure techniques. Understand PII classification systems, learn about mosaic effect risks from data aggregation, discover GDPR and HIPAA compliance requirements, and implement professional file shredding to permanently remove sensitive personal data.

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PII includes any data that can identify an individual, from sensitive information like SSN to seemingly harmless data that becomes problematic when combined ("mosaic effect"), affecting identity theft and privacy violations. The article emphasizes that standard file deletion leaves PII recoverable and that secure file shredding tools like Offigneum are necessary to truly remove sensitive information at end-of-life.

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