Personally Identifiable Information

The term includes, but is not limited to:

  • the student's name.
  • the name of the student's parent or other family members.
  • the address of the student or student's family.
  • a personal identifier, such as the student's social security number, student ID number, or biometric record.
  • other indirect identfiers, such as date of birth, place of birth, and mother's maiden name.
  • other information that, alone or in combination, is linked or linkable to a specific student that would allow a reasonable person in the school community, who does not have a personl knowledge of the relevant circumstances, to identify the student with a reasonable certainty.
  • information requested by a person who the educational agency or institution reasonably believes knows the identify of the student to whom the education record directly relates.

Continue to the Biometric Record definition page.