Information and Infrastructure Assurance at Indiana University

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This document describes the four classification levels of institutional data at Indiana University, and provides a list of data elements at that level. For general or background information, please see the Knowledge Base document: What is institutional data?

• Public data
• University-internal data
• Limited access/restricted data
• Critical data

Note: the comprehensive list of public, university-internal, and restricted data will be added to this list in the future.

Data Element	Classification	IN THE CONTEXT OF:
		Personal	Student Loan	Health	Foundation/ donor	Financial	IT
Social Security Number	Critical
Driver's License Number	Critical
State Identification Card Number	Critical
Credit Card Number	Critical
Debit Card Number	Critical
Account Numbers - Bank or other financial institution	Critical
Student Loan Information - Account Numbers	Critical
Student Loan Information - Credit Information including Credit Scores	Critical
Passwords, passphrases, PIN numbers, security codes, access codes	Critical
Geographic information smaller than a state	Critical
Names	Critical
Telephone numbers	Critical
Fax Numbers	Critical
E-mail Address	Critical
Dates relating to the Individual	Critical
Medical Record Numbers	Critical
Health Plan Beneficiary Numbers	Critical
Account Numbers - Health	Critical
Certificate/License Numbers	Critical
Device Identifiers	Critical
URLs, IP Address Numbers	Critical
Biometric Identifiers	Critical
Full face photographic images	Critical
Any other unique identifier	Critical
Foundation Donor Information - all data in Donor Database (Trade Secret)	Critical

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