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Information Classification - Coggle Diagram
Information Classification
Sensitive Information
This kind of information is not designed to be accessible by the public. It may be data considering individuals or organizations. If this information were to be leaked, it could cause harm in different ways.
Examples:
• Medical Information
• Browser History
• Sexual Orientation
• Biometric data (Data about body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics)
Non-Sensitive Information
Non-Sensitive information is information that can be publicly available and can not do any harm to the person or organization that is associated with it if the information is widely circulated.
Examples:
• Addresses of branches of shops
• Contact details for customer support
• Details about head office
• Menus published online describing what is available to order from the restaurant
Private Information
This is information that is held about individuals and organizations that they do not want others to know of or have access to.
It may include personal information such as:
• Marital status
• Gender
• Nationality
• Contact details
• Allergies
Public Information
Public information is related to government and publicly owned organizations. This form of data is freely available online and by request. This kind of data can be used to monitor the activates of these organizations.
Examples:
• Lengths of waiting lists for hospitals
• OFSTED ratings and reports for schools
• Voting records of MP's in parliament
• Police performance statistics
Personal Information
This is private information about individuals. There are laws that outline how this kind of data must be held and processed as well as how long they can be used for.
Examples:
• Phone number
• Home address
• Marital status
• Sexuality
• Ethnicity
Business Information
This relates to an array of data that may be held by a business for the purpose of overseeing and managing the workings of business.
Examples:
• Annual sales figures
• Market research
• Industry & Economic analysis
• IT research
Confidential Information
This is particularly private information which needs higher restrictions than other examples of information. Only a small number of people can access it. For example: Details on a report about the particular needs of a student in school who may be struggling. Only a small group of people need to know this information.
Classified Information
This is public information that must be kept private. For example a data base which keeps information about how much tax citizens have paid in the last year> Individuals may have access to their own data but should not be able to scrutinize the larger data set.
Partially and Completely Anonymized Information
If an organization want to share personal or private information, then identifiable information needs to be hidden. In some cases, it is only essential to remove some of the personal information, in others, it needs to be fully removed.
For example, it may be reasonable to remove only surnames and address information from one set of data whereas for another it is important to remove first names as well as contact details.