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Info Source Bulletin Number 31B - Statistical Reporting
Statistical Information - Personal Information Banks
2007-2008
Personal Information Banks (PIBs) provide a description of the types of personal information about individuals that is held by federal institutions. The Privacy Act requires that Personal Information Banks include all personal information that is organized and retrievable by a person's name or by an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned only to that person. Personal Information Banks must also include personal information that has been or is being used, or is available for use for an administrative purpose.
| Number of institutions registering new PIBs in 2007-2008 | 28 |
| Number of new PIBs registered in 2007-2008 | 256 |
| Number of new institution-specific PIBs registered in 2007-2008 | 19 |
| Number of new Standard PIBs registered in 2007-2008 | 237 |
