What is PII awareness during data extraction?

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PII awareness means identifying and handling personal identifiable information carefully during extraction.
Examples include name, phone number, email, Aadhaar, and address details.
In my project, we tagged PII columns in the data dictionary before loading.
Only required fields were extracted; unnecessary personal data was excluded.
Sensitive fields were masked or hashed in the staging layer.
Access to PII datasets was restricted to authorized roles only.
We avoided exporting PII into shared or public dashboards.
Audit logs tracked who accessed sensitive datasets.
This ensured compliance with company privacy policies.
So PII awareness prevents data privacy and legal risks.

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