Main concepts and definitions
Personal information: Various information recorded electronically or by other means that is related to identified or identifiable natural persons, excluding anonymized information.
Sensitive personal information: Personal information that, once leaked or unlawfully used, can easily lead to infringement of the dignity of a natural person or endanger their personal safety, property security, including biometric data, religious beliefs, specific identities, medical and health information, financial accounts, travel records, and personal information of individuals under the age of fourteen.
Personal financial information: Refers to personal information obtained, processed, and stored by financial institutions through business operations or other channels. It includes personal identity information, property information, account information, authentication information, credit information, financial transaction information, loan information, and other information that reflects specific circumstances of an individual.
Personal information processing: Any activity or series of activities performed on personal information, such as collection, storage, use, processing, transmission, provision, disclosure, deletion, and other activities.
De-identification: The process by which personal information is modified in a way that it cannot be identified as pertaining to a specific natural person without the use of additional information. De-identification is based on an individual basis, preserving individual granularity, and employing techniques such as pseudonymization, encryption, hash functions, and other technical means to replace personal identifiers.
Anonymization: The process by which personal information is modified in a way that it cannot be identified as pertaining.
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