February 13, 2026

What Is Not Considered PII? Common Misconceptions About Personal Information When building a personal information list, many organizations overcorrect. They classify almost everything as PII. While protecting sensitive data is essential, over-classifying data as personally identifiable information (PII) can: Increase compliance costs Slow down document review Damage document usability Create unnecessary redaction Understanding what is […]

M&A due diligence is rarely neat. You have hundreds — sometimes thousands — of documents flying into a virtual data room: contracts, HR files, tax filings, loan agreements, litigation records. Everyone is moving fast. Deadlines are tight. And somewhere inside those documents?Personally Identifiable Information (PII). The problem isn’t that companies don’t know what PII is.The