It is a specific form of social engineering used to gather personally identifiable information.
The NTIA has now published the fruit of its labors — setting out best practice privacy guidelines for using drones to gather personally identifiable data.
If you gather Personally Identifying Information (PII) on consumers, taxpayers or clients, someday you will lose it, either through a malicious hack or due to human error.
He personally gathered support and respect for the fledgling organization, traveling tirelessly to spread the word, and was responsible for the Conservancy's early success and leadership in the field.
When Mr. Whelan hired a new city business administrator and increased salaries of other department heads, the former Mayor personally gathered signatures on an ultimately unsuccessful petition to block the moves.
He says he personally gathered information on three MPs as part of his work infiltrating left-wing groups.
In his preface, Frommer explains that he personally gathered the information during his U.S. Army tour of duty in Europe, then just ending.
One signature gatherer has already admitted that he was not present when some of the petitions he submitted were signed, despite previously swearing that he had personally gathered all the signatures that he submitted.
This is because it is not known whether the initial intelligence Beijing State Security gathered identified Mr. Shi personally, or merely the Internet access point, or I.P. address, where the e-mail message to Democracy Forum originated.
Gathered together as a team, we sent out our announcement and then personally called about 2,500 of our donors.
Obviously, someone residing outside the state, living for instance in Bethesda, Md., is unable to personally gather signatures for a year or two with family and friends outside Walmart or the Family Dollar.
