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What Is Sensitive Data? Different Definitions in Privacy Law

Posted on July 31, 2014July 1, 2025 by Dissent

Daniel Solove writes:

…. I find it interesting what various countries define as sensitive data, and K Royal has created an awesome chart that she shared with me. To a privacy wonk like me, a chart like this makes me giddy with excitement, and so I thought I’d share it with you (with her permission, of course).

First, here’s a tally of the various types of most-commonly recognized categories of sensitive data. This is based on a chart of the sensitive data category of many countries that K Royal created.

See the chart and read more on LinkedIn.

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