According to Pennsylvania law, which of the following is NOT considered to be personally identifiable financial information?

• A. Social Security Number
• B. Blind trust data that does not include names and addresses
• C. Bank account numbers
• D. Addresses

Answer: (B)

Pennsylvania treats personally identifiable financial information as data elements that can identify a specific individual or be used to access that person’s financial resources. A Social Security number is a unique identifier tied to a person, bank account numbers are direct financial identifiers, and an address helps locate where someone lives; each of these can be linked to an individual’s finances or identity, so they’re considered personally identifiable financial information.

Blind trust data that does not include names or addresses, on the other hand, has no direct link to any individual. Without a way to tie it to a person, it can’t be used to identify or access any one person’s finances, so it isn’t counted as personally identifiable financial information. If that blind-trust data later included identifying details (like a name or address), it would then become PIFI.