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Pi |
PII |
| What is it? |
A mathematical constant |
A T.L.A. for Personally Identifying Information |
| More specifically? |
The ratio of a circle’s circumference to it’s diameter. |
Things like your social security number, credit card numbers, fingerprints and so on. |
| Also known as? |
3.14159265…,  |
P.I.I. |
| Uses? |
Converting degrees to radians and vice versa, among other things. |
Keeping track of customers and citizens, among other things. |
| Mis-uses? |
None known |
Identity theft, stalking |
| Special day? |
Pi Day or March 14 (1:59am) |
n.a. |
| Legislative considerations? |
Indiana Bill #246 |
California Online Privacy Protection Act (OPPA) of 2003 |
| Learn more? |
Pi animated, List pf demos,Calculating Pi with frozen hot dogs. |
Google & IP addresses as PII, FISMA 2007 Report, Stripping (or not?) PII. |
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This entry was posted on March 9, 2008 at 8:08 pm and is filed under Tabular Post.
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