When you are answering the Privacy Policy questionnaire, you will be asked to select the personal information that you collect through your website or application. "Personal information" is generally defined as any data that could identify a particular person.
To determine what personal information you collect, you should look through each page of your website or application and at any technologies that are used that could collect personal information. Websites and applications usually collect personal information through the following features:
- Contact forms;
- Email newsletter sign up forms;
- Account creation forms;
- Billing portals; and
- Analytics.
One of the options that you can select for your answer to this question is "alias." An alias is a name that a person chooses to be identified by that is different from their real (legal) name. An alias can also be referred to as a pseudonym or a pen name. For example, the author Eric Blair wrote his books under the alias of George Orwell, instead of using his real name. Another example of an alias is an individual using the name Dick instead of their legal name of Richard. In addition, a person who enters in their name as Bob instead of Robert is also using an alias. Select "alias" if your website or application collects or could be collect aliases.