Personal Data Taxonomy
From Open Risk Manual
Contents
Definition
A Personal Data Taxonomy is a classification of Personal Data according to various characteristics. A immediate use of such a taxonomy is to identify Sensitive Personal Data.
DPV Taxonomy
- Data internal to the Data Subject (part of their mental models and memories)
- Preferences
- Knowledge
- Beliefs
- External Data
- Behavioral
- Demographics
- Physical
- Sexual
- Personally Identifying Information
- Social Environment
- Family
- Friends
- Professional
- Public Life
- Communications
- Financial Data
- Transactional
- Ownership
- Financial Accounts
- Digtal Tracking Data
- Location
- Device Telemetry
- Contact
| Data | Description | Category | Subcategory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accent | Information about linguistic and speech accents. | ||
| Account Identifier | Information about financial account identifier. | ||
| Acquantaince | Information about acquaintainces in a social network. | ||
| Age | Information about age | ||
| Apartment Owned | Information about apartment(s) owned and its history | ||
| Association | Information about associations in a social network with other individuals, groups, or entities e.g. friend of a friend | ||
| Attitude | Information about attitude. | ||
| Authenticating | Information about authentication and information used for authenticating | ||
| Authentication History | Information about prior authentication and its outcomes such as login attempts or location. | ||
| Bank Account | Information about bank accounts. | ||
| Behavioral | Information about behavior or activity | ||
| Biometric | Information about biometrics and biometric characteristics. | ||
| Blood Type | Information about blood type. | ||
| Browser Fingerprint | Information about the web browser which is used as a 'fingerprint' | ||
| Browsing Behavior | Information about browsing behavior. | ||
| BrowsingBehaviour | |||
| Browsing Referral | Information about web browsing referrer or referral, which can be based on location, targeted referrals, direct, organic search, social media or actions, campaigns. | ||
| Call Log | Information about the calls that an individual has made. | ||
| Car Owned | Information about cars ownership and ownership history. | ||
| Character | Information about character in the public sphere | ||
| Communication | Information communicated from or to an individual | ||
| Communications Metadata | Information about communication metadata in the public sphere | ||
| Connection | Information about and including connections in a social network | ||
| Contact | Information about contacts or used for contacting e.g. email address or phone number | ||
| Country | Information about country e.g. residence, travel. | ||
| Credit | Information about reputation with regards to money | ||
| Credit Capacity | Information about credit capacity. | ||
| Credit Card Number | Information about credit card number | ||
| Credit Record | Information about credit record. | ||
| Credit Score | Information about credit score. | ||
| Credit Standing | Information about credit standing. | ||
| Credit Worthiness | Information about credit worthiness. | ||
| Criminal | Information about criminal activity e.g. criminal convictions or jail time | ||
| Criminal Charge | Information about criminal charges. | ||
| Criminal Conviction | Information about criminal convictions. | ||
| Criminal Pardon | Information about criminal pardons. | ||
| DNA Code | Information about DNA. | ||
| Demeanor | Information about demeanor. | ||
| Demographic | Information about demography and demographic characteristics | ||
| Derived Personal Data | Derived data is data that is obtained or derived from other data. | ||
| Device Applications | Information about applications or application-like software on a device. | ||
| Device Based | Information about devices | ||
| Device Operating System | Information about the operating system (OS) or system software that manages hardware or software resources. | ||
| Device Software | Information about software on or related to a device. | ||
| Dialect | Information about linguistic dialects. | ||
| Disability | Information about disabilities. | ||
| Disciplinary Action | Information about disciplinary actions and its history | ||
| Dislike | Information about dislikes or preferences regarding repulsions. | ||
| Divorce | Information about divorce(s). | ||
| Drug Test Result | Information about drug test results. | ||
| Email Address | Information about Email address. | ||
| Email Content | Information about the contents of Emails sent or received | ||
| Employment History | Information about employment history | ||
| Ethnic Origin | Information about ethnic origin | ||
| Ethnicity | Information about ethnic origins and lineage | ||
| External | Information about external characteristics that can be observed | ||
| Family | Information about family and relationships | ||
| Family Health History | Information about family health history. | ||
| Family Structure | Information about family and familial structure. | ||
| Favorite | Information about favorites | ||
| Favorite Color | Information about favorite color. | ||
| Favorite Food | Information about favorite food. | ||
| Favorite Music | Information about favorite music. | ||
| Fetish | Information an individual's sexual fetishes | ||
| Financial | Information about finance including monetary characteristics and transactions | ||
| Financial Account | Information about financial accounts. | ||
| Financial Account Number | Information about financial account number | ||
| Fingerprint | Information about fingerprint used for biometric purposes. | ||
| Friend | Information about friends in a social network, including aspects of friendships such as years together or nature of friendship. | ||
| GPS Coordinate | Information about location expressed using Global Position System coordinates (GPS) | ||
| Gender | Information about gender | ||
| General Reputation | Information about reputation in the public sphere | ||
| Geographic | Information about location or based on geography (e.g. home address) | ||
| Group Membership | Information about groups and memberships included or associated with a social network | ||
| Hair Color | Information about hair color | ||
| Health | Information about health. | ||
| Health History | Information about health history. | ||
| Health Record | Information about health record. | ||
| Height | Information about physical height | ||
| Historical | Information about historical data related to or relevant regarding history or past events | ||
| House Owned | Information about house(s) owned and ownership history. | ||
| IP Address | Information about the Internet protocol (IP) address of a device | ||
| Identifying | Information that uniquely or semi-uniquely identifies an individual or a group | ||
| Income | Information about financial income e.g. for individual or household or family | ||
| Income Bracket | Information about income bracket. | ||
| Individual Health History | Information about information health history. | ||
| Intention | Information about intentions | ||
| Interaction | Information about interactions in the public sphere | ||
| Interest | Information about interests | ||
| Internal | Informatoin about internal characteristics that cannot be seen or observed | ||
| Job | Information about professional jobs | ||
| Knowledge and Beliefs | Information about knowledge and beliefs | ||
| Language | Information about language and lingual history. | ||
| Life History | Information about personal history regarding events or activities - including their occurrences that might be directly related or have had an influence (e.g. World War, 9/11) | ||
| Like | Information about likes or preferences regarding attractions. | ||
| LinkClicked | Information about the links that an individual has clicked. | ||
| Loan Record | Information about loans, whether applied, provided or rejected, and its history | ||
| Location | Information about location | ||
| MAC Address | Information about the Media Access Control (MAC) address of a device | ||
| Marital Status | Information about marital status and history | ||
| Marriage | Information about marriage(s). | ||
| MedicalHealth | Information about health, medical conditions or health care | ||
| Mental Health | Information about mental health. | ||
| Name | Information about names associated or used as given name or nickname. | ||
| Official ID | Information about an official identifier or identification document | ||
| Offspring | Information about offspring(s). | ||
| Opinion | Information about opinions | ||
| Ownership | Information about ownership and history, including renting, borrowing, possessions. | ||
| PIN Code | Information about Personal identification number (PIN), which is usually used in the process of authenticating the individual as an user accessing a system. | ||
| Parent | Information about parent(s). | ||
| Password | Information about password used in the process of authenticating the individual as an user accessing a system. | ||
| Payment Card | Information about payment card such as Credit Card, Debit Card. | ||
| Payment Card Expiry | Information about payment card expiry such as a date. | ||
| Payment Card Number | Information about payment card number. | ||
| PersonalDataCategory | |||
| Personal Possession | Information about personal possessions. | ||
| Personality | Information about personality (e.g., categorization in terms of the Big Five personality traits) | ||
| Philosophical Belief | Information about philosophical beliefs. | ||
| Physical Address | Information about physical address. | ||
| PhysicalCharacteristic | Information about physical characteristics | ||
| Physical Health | Information about physical health. | ||
| Physical Trait | Information about defining traits or features regarding the body. | ||
| Picture | Information about visual representation or image e.g. profile photo. | ||
| Piercing | Information about piercings | ||
| Political Affiliation | Information about political affiliation and history | ||
| Preference | Information about preferences or interests | ||
| Prescription | Information about medical and pharmaceutical prescriptions | ||
| Privacy Preference | Information about privacy preferences | ||
| Proclivitie | Information about proclivities in a sexual context | ||
| Professional | Information about educational or professional career | ||
| Professional Certification | Information about professional certifications | ||
| Professional Evaluation | Information about professional evaluations | ||
| Professional Interview | Information about professional interviews | ||
| Public Life | Information about public life | ||
| Purchase | Information about purchases such as items bought e.g. grocery or clothing | ||
| Purchases and Spending Habit | Information about analysis of purchases made and money spent expressed as a habit e.g. monthly shopping trends | ||
| Race | Information about race or racial history. | ||
| Reference | Information about references in the professional context | ||
| Relationship | Information about relationships and relationship history. | ||
| Religion | Information about religion, religious inclinations, and religious history. | ||
| Religious Belief | Information about religion and religious beliefs. | ||
| Retina | Information about retina and the retinal patterns. | ||
| Room Number | Information about location expressed as Room number or similar numbering systems | ||
| Salary | Information about salary | ||
| Sale | Information about sales e.g. selling of goods or services | ||
| School | Information about school such as name of school, conduct, or grades obtained. | ||
| Secret Text | Information about secret text used in the process of authenticating the individual as an user accessing a system, e.g., when recovering a lost password. | ||
| Service Consumption Behavior | Information about the consumption of a service, e.g. time and duration of consumption. | ||
| Sexual | Information about sexuality and sexual history | ||
| Sexual History | Information about sexual history | ||
| Sexual Preference | Information about sexual preferences | ||
| Sibling | Information about sibling(s). | ||
| Skin Tone | Information about skin tone | ||
| Social | Information about social aspects such as family, public life, or professional networks. | ||
| Social Media Communication | Information about social media communication, including the communication itself and metadata. | ||
| Social Network | Information about friends or connections expressed as a social network | ||
| Social Status | Information about social status | ||
| Special Category Personal Data | trade union membership, which is explicitly included in the taxative listing in GDPR Art. 9 (1), is not covered yet. | ||
| TV Viewing Behavior | Information about TV viewing behavior, such as timestamps of channel change, duration of viewership, content consumed | ||
| Tattoo | Information about tattoos | ||
| Tax | Information about financial tax e.g. tax records or tax due | ||
| Telephone Number | Information about telephone number. | ||
| Thought | Information about thoughts | ||
| Tracking | Information used to track an individual or group e.g. location or email | ||
| Transaction | Information about financial transactions e.g. bank transfers | ||
| Transactional | Information about a purchasing, spending or income | ||
| UID | Information about unique identifiers. | ||
| Username | Information about usernames. | ||
| Voice Communication Recording | Information about vocal recorded communication (e.g. telephony, VoIP) | ||
| Voice Mail | Information about voice mail messages. | ||
| Weight | Information about physical weight | ||
| Work History | Information about work history in a professional context |
See Also
References
- Data Privacy Vocabulary (DPV)[[Category:Taxonomy]
