Database of Information Types (320 Entries)

Information is any representation of meaning that can be understood by humans and machines. This includes information that is personal or confidential and information that is anonymous or unrelated to a person. The following are common types of information.

All (321)

Personally Identifiable (46)

Personal (59)

Demographics (62)

Psychographics (19)

Confidential (52)

Public (42)

Information Artifacts (61)

Academic Records and Transcripts	Account Numbers
Activities	Address
Adoption Status	Age
Age Range	Allergies
Articles	Artifacts In Museums
Artworks	Attitudes
Audit Reports	Background Check Results
Bank Account Numbers	Bank Balance
Bank Statements	Behavioral Traits
Beliefs	Biometric Data
Birth Rates	Birthplace
Blogs	Books
Brochures	Building Permits
Business Cards	Business Licenses
Business Plans	Career Advancement Opportunities
Catalogs	Celebrity Names
Census Data	Certifications
Charts and Graphs	Chat Logs
Childcare Arrangements	Chronic Health Conditions
Citizenship Status	College or University Attended
Confidential Legal Documents	Confidential Surveys
Configuration Files	Consumer Confidence
Cookies & Tracking Data	Country of Origin
Country of Residence	Court Records
Creative Works	Credit Card Numbers
Credit Score	Crime Rates
Criminal Record	Current Medications
Customer Contracts	Customer Lists
DNA	Database Schemas
Databases	Date of Birth
Degrees	Designs
Device Configuration Details	Device Identifiers
Diagrams	Disability Status
Disciplinary Records	Discussion Papers
Documentaries	Documents
Donor Information	Driver's License Number
E-books	Education Credentials
Education Level	Educational Attainment of Parents
Email Address	Emails
Emergency Contact Information	Employee ID
Employee Records	Employer
Employment Contracts	Employment Status
Employment Type	Encryption Keys
Essays	Ethnicity
Event Attendance	Executive Names
Expense Reports	Family Structure
Fashion Style	Favorite Colors
Feedback Forms	Field of Study
Filings By Public Companies	Films
Financial Results	Financial Statements
Financial Transactions	Finger Prints
Flowcharts	Flyers
Forum Posts	Foster Care Status
Full Name	Future Outlook
Gait Information	Gender
Goals	Government Data
Government Statistics	Habits
Health Behaviors	Health Insurance Coverage
Health Insurance Details	Health Records
Height	Highest Degree Attained
Historical Artifacts	Hobbies
Home Amenities	Home Ownership Status
Homeownership Status	Household Composition
Household Income Sources	Household Size
Housing Type	ID Numbers
IPs	Illustrations
Incident Reports	Income Level
Industry of Employment	Infographics
Intellectual Property	Interests
Internal Communications	International Agreements and Treaties
Investment Holdings	Job Satisfaction Level
Job Title	Language Spoken at Home
Languages Spoken	Legislation
Length of Employment	Library Catalogs
License Plate Numbers	Licensing Agreements
Life Expectancy	Life Satisfaction
Lifestyle	Likes & Dislikes
List of Family Members	List of Friends
Literacy Level	Litigation Records
Live Streams	Living Arrangements
Living Space Size	Loan Information
Location History	Login Credentials
Logs	Magazines
Manuals	Maps
Marital Status	Marriage Licenses
Media Content Preferences	Medical History
Meeting Minutes	Membership Numbers
Memberships	Mental Health Status
Merger and Acquisition Plans	Migration Status
Military Service Records	Mortality Rates
Motivations	Museum Collections
Nationality	News Articles
Newsletters	Newspapers
Number of Children	Occupation
Order Numbers	Pamphlets
Partner Contracts	Passport Number
Passwords	Patents
Payment History	Payroll Information
Perceptions	Performance Reviews
Personal Journals	Personal Preferences
Personal Relationships	Personal Security Codes
Personality Traits	Pet Ownership
Pet's Name	Phone Numbers
Photographs	Photos or Video That Capture a Person's Face
Physical Characteristics	Plans
Podcasts	Police Reports (some Restrictions)
Policies	Political Affiliation
Political Views	Pollution Data
Post-it Notes	Posters
Poverty Status	Preferences
Presentations	Press Releases
Press Releases Before Public Announcement	Printed Handouts
Processes	Product Preferences
Production Data	Professional Certifications
Profile Pictures	Project Documents
Property Records	Proposals
Public Announcements	Public Art Exhibitions
Public Budgets	Public Comments
Public Meeting Minutes	Public Records
Public Surveys	Published Articles
Published Books	Published Media Such as Videos and Photos
Published Policies	Published Research Papers
Purchases	Race
Rankings & Ratings	Region
Religion	Remote Work Status
Reports	Research Papers
Research and Development Data	Salary Information
Sales Forecasts	School District
School Enrollment Status	Schools Attended
Security Assessments	Security Codes
Security Policies	Self-Esteem Levels
Sensor Data From a Personal Device	Service Subscriptions
Service Usage	Settlement Agreements
Shopping Preferences	Skills
Sleep Habits	Slideshows
Social Connections	Social Isolation Levels
Social Media Posts	Social Media Profiles
Social Network Size	Social Security Number (or Equivalent)
Source Code	Special Needs Education
Standard Operating Procedures	Standards
Strategy Documents	Stress Levels
Student ID	Surveillance Footage
Surveys & Questionnaires	System Architecture Documents
Tax Identification Number	Tax Returns
Technical Specifications	Technology Usage
Text Files	Text Messages
Trade Secrets	Training Materials
Trend Following Behavior	Trust In Institutions
Type of Educational Institution Attended	Typing Style Information
Union Membership Status	User Access Logs
Usernames & Handles	Values
Vehicle Identification Number	Veteran Status
Video Conference Records	Videos
Vlogs	Vocational Training
Voice Recordings	Volunteer Activities
Voting Records	Wealth Status
Weather Forecasts	Webpages
Weight	White Papers
Work History	Work Hours Per Week
Workplace Location	Workplace Policies
Writing Style Information

Personally Identifiable Information

Personally identifiable information (PII) is information that can be used to identify a person.

This includes obvious things such as your name and address and less obvious things such as biometric, device, location and order information. For example, let's say a mobile app has your location at a point in time and you purchase something from a store with cash. That mobile app could potentially use the location to tie you to that purchase. For obvious reasons, personally identifiable information (PII) is a special category of information that is highly regulated.

It should be noted that combining multiple pieces of personal information can sometimes be used to identify a person. For example, your age, birthplace and employer might be enough to identify you. Awareness of these techniques is a consideration in managing your digital footprint.

Personal Information

Information that is personal in nature. For example, your bank balance or religion. This can't necessarily be used to identify you but is something you might not want disclosed alongside your name.

Demographics

Demographics are characteristics of a population that aren't intended to be personally identifiable or personal because they are anonymous and aggregated. For example, the number of multi-generational households in a particular city or neighborhood.

Psychographics

Psychographics are measurements of how people think. As with demographics, these are typically intended to be anonymous and aggregated. For example, the level of trust in government in a particular nation or state.

Confidential Information

Information that is more valuable to an organization or individual if kept secret or that represents some risk if it is released. Organizations are expected and/or required to protect confidential information from unauthorized use or disclosure. For example, the stakeholders in a company would expect that company to protect certain commercial information such as trade secrets.

Public Information

Information that has been purposely disclosed to the public by those who own it. Once this is done, it is generally difficult or impossible to retract to make private or confidential again.

Information Artifacts

Digital or physical things that encapsulate information such as a database or a book.

Notes

Typing style, writing style and gait information relate to the ability of advanced technology to identify people based on how they type, write or walk.

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Database of Information Types (320 Entries)

Personally Identifiable Information

Personal Information

Demographics

Psychographics

Confidential Information

Public Information

Information Artifacts

Notes

Information

Specifications

Information Costs

Information Economics

Information Consumption

Information Science

Information Culture

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Confidential Information

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