I have trouble believing that you have been taught this nonsense. As far as I can tell, the term “PID” is not in use anywhere. That commercial site that you are so kindly helping sell its services doesn’t seem to use it. So who taught you that?
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…
I’m in the EU and PII definitely IS “a thing” here, because most IT professionals need to communicate in english at least some of the time and the US is the biggest market for software in the western hemisphere.
because of that most software companies from the US (like, say, Microsoft, Apple, and Google) use the term, which is why it is widespread over here as well.
and since translation errors are suuuper common in technical documentation from said companies, or there straight up isn’t any in non-english, most professionals read a lot of US-english documentation. which obviously uses PII instead of PD.
the specifics differ, yes, and the areas use slightly different terms (PII vs personal data), and yet those terms are, in fact, synonymous.
(and also: it is common courtesy on the internet to use the terms more people are familiar with if the terms are, for all practical purposes, interchangeable.)
do you need an explanation for what a synonym is too?
jfc, i don’t mean to be rude here, but how is it possible that this needs explaining??
just about ALL of this is common freaking sense???
I’m in the EU and PII definitely IS “a thing” here,
Then let me be more clear: It is not a thing in EU law.
With due respect, the level of intellectual functioning, in this case reading comprehension, you display is incompatible with being an IT professional in any country. If you are not trolling, then you should consult a physician.
Da ist nichts, was man einem Erwachsenen, der einen IT-Job hat, erklären müsste. Die Behauptung, dass personenbezogene Daten nach DSGVO und PII im US-Recht dasselbe sein, ist so fundamental unsinnig, dass ich sie nur als Witz verstehen kann. Klar, normalerweise würde ich das erklären, aber wenn einer so rumtextet von wegen Profi, dann muss das ein Witz sein.
In case there’s really anyone lurking here. Maybe you could explain to them what you think happens when one agrees to be tracked for ads. That ought to be funny. Do they send a drone swarm with 4K-cameras to your location? What’s a TC-string? Something that goes up your butt?
I have trouble believing that you have been taught this nonsense. As far as I can tell, the term “PID” is not in use anywhere. That commercial site that you are so kindly helping sell its services doesn’t seem to use it. So who taught you that?
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:
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…
PII is a concept from US law. It is not a thing in the EU.
I’m in the EU and PII definitely IS “a thing” here, because most IT professionals need to communicate in english at least some of the time and the US is the biggest market for software in the western hemisphere.
because of that most software companies from the US (like, say, Microsoft, Apple, and Google) use the term, which is why it is widespread over here as well.
and since translation errors are suuuper common in technical documentation from said companies, or there straight up isn’t any in non-english, most professionals read a lot of US-english documentation. which obviously uses PII instead of PD.
the specifics differ, yes, and the areas use slightly different terms (PII vs personal data), and yet those terms are, in fact, synonymous.
(and also: it is common courtesy on the internet to use the terms more people are familiar with if the terms are, for all practical purposes, interchangeable.)
do you need an explanation for what a synonym is too?
jfc, i don’t mean to be rude here, but how is it possible that this needs explaining??
just about ALL of this is common freaking sense???
Then let me be more clear: It is not a thing in EU law.
With due respect, the level of intellectual functioning, in this case reading comprehension, you display is incompatible with being an IT professional in any country. If you are not trolling, then you should consult a physician.
LMAO
Ok. So you are trolling. Haha. The vote manipulation isn’t cool, though.
what manipulation?
junge, du:
…und dann hast du noch die Dreistigkeit zu behaupten hier wird irgendetwas manipuliert???
nein junge!
die leute durchschauen einfach nur, dass du offensichtlich keine Ahnung hast!
deswegen kommen downvotes: du erzählst blödsinn!
Da ist nichts, was man einem Erwachsenen, der einen IT-Job hat, erklären müsste. Die Behauptung, dass personenbezogene Daten nach DSGVO und PII im US-Recht dasselbe sein, ist so fundamental unsinnig, dass ich sie nur als Witz verstehen kann. Klar, normalerweise würde ich das erklären, aber wenn einer so rumtextet von wegen Profi, dann muss das ein Witz sein.
In case there’s really anyone lurking here. Maybe you could explain to them what you think happens when one agrees to be tracked for ads. That ought to be funny. Do they send a drone swarm with 4K-cameras to your location? What’s a TC-string? Something that goes up your butt?
At least they choose the utmost ironic username for it.
that they certainly did! lol