What is Personally Identifiable Data?
, below). If this is coded “no” it does not mean that the data does not identify you as an individual; this has to do with how the data is being used by the Web site. The other code tells you whether your data will be shared with other companies or institutions. The most restrictive level of this code is “only ourselves and our agents” and the broadest is “public fora.” It isn’t clear how “ourselves” is defined; in this era of corporate giants, if “ourselves” extends to parent companies and subsidiaries, it could be a broader category than it seems on the surface.
