What is Information Privacy?
Information privacy, or data privacy, relates to how the personal data of a data subject is collected and stored.
Personally identifiable information (PII) would include:
- Name, address, date of birth
- Medical records
- Criminal records
- Financial data
Information can be kept private using secure systems to store it, and encrypting and keeping access to a minimum.

Mark Sharron
Mark Sharron leads Search & Generative AI Strategy at ISMS.online. His focus is communicating how ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and SOC 2 work in practice - tying risk to controls, policies and evidence with audit-ready traceability. Mark partners with product and customer teams so this logic is embedded in workflows and web content - helping organisations understand, prove security, privacy and AI governance with confidence.