Anonymized and de-identified data each have less restriction than patient or subject identifying data.
On the other hand, we should all worry far more about the way personally identifying data is collected and used.
If identifying data can be discerned, he said, it will be run though a national clearinghouse.
"In recent years, the Internet has become an appealing place for criminals to obtain identifying data, such as passwords or even banking information," it says.
The F.T.C. report revealed that fewer than 1 in 10 Internet sites that collect personal identifying data display the industry's voluntary privacy seal.
When the victim was a black male, basic identifying data on the offender was omitted more often, 39.9% of the time.
A growing number of people will carry their identifying data on microchips in passports, employment ID cards or drivers' licenses in 2004, analysts say.
Run keyword searches of your name, address, phone numbers and other identifying data and see what turns up.
In hearings before the oversight and investigations subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, lawmakers expressed interest in writing legislation to compel service providers to preserve identifying data about their customers' online activities for at least a year.
The signals that the company sends to unlock car doors or track location-based information can be triggered only with a secure exchange of specific identifying data, which ought to deter all but the most determined hackers, she said.
However, it does not collect personal identifying data such as credit-card information, telephone numbers, and purchasing history unless a user signs up for a feature like Google Checkout.
