7. Personal Identifiable Information (PII)

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Personal Identifiable Information is prohibited under DoD 5400.11R (Department of Defense Privacy Program). Contact information should only be an organization or office symbol, general address, and phone number (personal home/mobile numbers prohibited).

"DL1.14. Personal Information. Information about an individual that identifies, links, relates, or is unique to, or describes him or her, e.g., a social security number; age; military rank; civilian grade; marital status; race; salary; home/office phone numbers; other demographic, biometric, personnel, medical, and financial information, etc. Such information is also known as personally identifiable information (i.e., information which can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, such as their name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother's maiden name, biometric records, including any other personal information which is linked or linkable to a specified individual)."