Exam CS0-002 topic 1 question 102 discussion

A. Government ID: This is considered PII as it is unique to an individual and can be used to identify them. D. Birth Certificate: A birth certificate is also considered PII as it contains unique information such as name, date of birth, and place of birth which can be used to identify an individual. The other options, like job title, employment start date, employer address, and mother's maiden name, are not considered PII by themselves as they cannot singularly identify an individual. However, when combined with other pieces of information, they could contribute to identifying an individual.

A and D are the correct answers

A and D are the correct answers.

The employer address might not even be the same as where you actually work! I know some use the main HQ as the address if they work from home. That could be 1000s of miles away on the other side of the state. I am picking A&D.

Government ID and Birth certificate are considered PI because they contain unique and identifiable information about an individual. Job title, employment start date, employer address, and mother's maiden name may be considered personal information but they are not considered PI on their own as they do not uniquely identify an individual.

A & D Literally PII

E EmployER address could not be the right answer...

It's definitely A and D they're the only two things that alone are PII

OMG it is A&D, how can Employer address be PII 🤔Come on ET, that is embarrassing.

A and D are correct. You can determine an individuals personal identity with a government issues identification number. You license number, DoD ID, and similar can be entered into a system by itself and it will populate your information. You can enter the last name "Smith" all day and see if that leads directly back to you as a one-to-one relationship.

I think because it says BY ITSELF, the answer is Government ID and Birth Cert. Maiden name is PII but it's useless without context/other information. Rest are not PII

Be careful on this as the question says which items are PII by themselves. I guarantee if you have my birth certificate or my ID, however - you know exactly who I am without needing any supplemental data. All the rest may be forms of PII, but would require some sort of supplemental research or documents to link directly to you. (your mother's maiden name doesn't link to your given name, but that given name could be determined second-hand, etc.)

What's annoying about this is A D and F are all PII. If you google all three (ex. is A D or F PII) google will say it is. There's allot of confusion on what a Government ID is, Google it. A government ID can be a state ID or passport. To me a state ID is more revealing than a mother's maiden name. So I would have to say A and D

A simple Google Search reveals the following information: PII can include unique individual identifiers or combinations of identifiers, such as an individual’s name, Social Security number, date and place of birth, mother’s maiden name, biometric data, etc.

D. Birth certificate and F. Mother's maiden name. PII, or personally identifiable information, is any data that can be used to identify an individual. Birth certificates and mother's maiden names are considered PII because they can both be used to uniquely identify an individual. Government ID, job title, employment start date, and employer address are not considered PII by themselves, as they are not unique identifiers. However, these pieces of information can be combined with other information to create PII.

With AD you can identify a specific person. With the other options not so much.

I have to go with AD. My reasoning for A is I am retired from the US Army and my retiree ID card (Government) as my Social Security number right on the front of the card, all 9 digits.