PII Minimization Handbook: Techniques, Challenges, and Solutions for Data Privacy Across Multiple Sectors

This book is a thorough and practical guide to minimizing personally identifiable information (PII) in every conceivable use case across Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, Legal, Marketing, HR, and Government. Most data protection laws and regulations require that businesses only use as much PII as is required for each specific processing purpose.In some cases, processing is only permitted when the data is fully anonymized.Hence, PII Minimization describes a spectrum from redacting very few, if any, direct identifiers to full anonymization. It is woefully unclear what exactly is required in terms of PII minimization.The feasibility and the degree of PII minimization crucially depend on what personal identifiers are present in the data set to be processed as well as the use case for processing it. Industry- and use-case-specific PII-Minimization Standards supplies expert insights from academia as well as the seven industries to be covered.These experts clarify what personal identifiers are