accepted
Information about linguistic and speech accents
Accent
Information about financial account identifier
Account Identifier
modified
Information about acquaintances in a social network
Acquaintance
Information about age
Age
Information about the exact age (i.e. to some degree within a year, month, or day)
Age Exact
Information about age range i.e. inexact age to some degree (i.e. some years)
Age Range
Information about apartment(s) owned and its history
Apartment Owned
Information about associations in a social network with other individuals, groups, or entities e.g. friend of a friend
Association
Information about attitude
Attitude
Information about authentication and information used for authenticating
Authenticating
Information about prior authentication and its outcomes such as login attempts or location
Authentication History
Information about bank accounts
Bank Account
Information about behaviour or activity
Behavioural
Information about biometrics and biometric characteristics.
Biometric
Information about country of birth
Birth Country
Information about birth date
Birth Date
Information about birth place
Birth Place
Information about blood type
Blood Type
Information about the web browser which is used as a 'fingerprint'
Browser Fingerprint
Information about and including web browsing history
Browser History
Information about browsing behaviour
Browsing Behaviour
Information about web browsing referrer or referral, which can be based on location, targeted referrals, direct, organic search, social media or actions, campaigns.
Browsing Referral
Information about the calls that an individual has made
Call Log
Information about cars ownership and ownership history
Car Owned
Information about character in the public sphere
Character
Information about citizenship
Citizenship
Information about city as a location
City
Information communicated from or to an individual
Communication
Information about communication metadata in the public sphere
Communications Metadata
Information about and including connections in a social network
Connection
Information about contacts or used for contacting e.g. email address or phone number
Contact
Information about country e.g. residence, travel
Country
Information about reputation with regards to money
Credit
Information about credit capacity
Credit Capacity
Information about credit card number
Credit Card Number
Information about credit record
Credit Record
Information about credit score
Credit Score
Information about credit standing
Credit Standing
Information about credit worthiness
Credit Worthiness
Information about criminal activity e.g. criminal convictions or jail time
Criminal
Information about criminal charges
Criminal Charge
Information about criminal convictions
Criminal Conviction
Information about criminal offences
Criminal Offence
Information about criminal pardons
Criminal Pardon
Information about current employment
Current Employment
Information about a person's current location (e.g. by asking the address, using GPS)
Current Location
Information about DNA
DNA Code
Information about demeanour
Demeanour
Information about demography and demographic characteristics
Demographic
Information about applications or application-like software on a device
Device Applications
Information about devices
Device Based
Information about the operating system (OS) or system software that manages hardware or software resources.
Device Operating System
Information about software on or related to a device
Device Software
Information about linguistic dialects
Dialect
Information about a 'digital fingerprint' created for identification
Digital Fingerprint
Information about disabilities
Disability
Information about disciplinary actions and its history
Disciplinary Action
Information about dislikes or preferences regarding repulsions
Dislike
Information about divorce(s)
Divorce
Information about domicile status e.g. which region or country a person is domiciled in
Domicile
Parent changed to pd:Location
Information about drug test results
Drug Test Result
Information about education
Education
Information about education experience e.g. attending a university
Education Experience
Information about educational qualifications
Education Qualification
Information about training as education
Education Training
Information about email address
Email Address
Information about email address used in personal capacity
Email Address Personal
Information about email address used for work or in professional capacity
Email Address Work
Information about the contents of emails sent or received
Email Content
Information about emotion
Emotion
Information about employment history
Employment History
Information about ethnic origin
Ethnic Origin
Information about ethnic origins and lineage
Ethnicity
Information about external characteristics that can be observed
External
Information about facial expression
Facial Expression
Information about facial print or pattern
Facial Print
Information about family and relationships
Family
Information about family health history
Family Health History
Information about family and familial structure
Family Structure
Information about favourites
Favourite
Information about favourite colour
Favourite Colour
Information about favourite food
Favourite Food
Information about favourite music
Favourite Music
Information about an individual's sexual fetishes
Fetish
Information about finance including monetary characteristics and transactions
Financial
Information about financial accounts
Financial Account
Information about financial account number
Financial Account Number
Information about financial status or standing
Financial Status
Information about fingerprint used for biometric purposes
Fingerprint
Information about friends in a social network, including aspects of friendships such as years together or nature of friendship
Friend
Information about location expressed using Global Position System coordinates (GPS)
GPS Coordinate
Information about gender
Gender
Information about reputation in the public sphere
General Reputation
Information about inherited or acquired genetic characteristics
Genetic
Information about location or based on geography (e.g. home address)
Geographic
Information about groups and memberships included or associated with a social network
Group Membership
Group profile or category profile is information and representation of characteristics associated with a group or category of individuals
Group Profile
Information about hair colour
Hair Colour
Information about health
Health
Information about health history
Health History
Information about health record
Health Record
Information about physical height
Height
Information about historical data related to or relevant regarding history or past events
Historical
Information about a person's home place, including their location, address, and locality
Home Place
Information about house or apartment number as a location
House Number
Information about house(s) owned and ownership history
House Owned
Information about personal or household activities
Household
Information about the Internet Protocol (IP) address of a device
IP Address
Information about an identifier or name used for identification
Identifier
Information that uniquely or semi-uniquely identifies an individual or a group
Identifying
Information about financial income e.g. for individual or household or family
Income
Information about income bracket
Income Bracket
Information about information health history
Individual Health History
Individual profile or user profile is information and representation of characteristics associated with a specific individual
Individual Profile
Information about Insurance
Insurance
Information about intentions
Intention
Information about interactions in the public sphere
Interaction
Information about interests
Interest
Information about internal characteristics that cannot be seen or observed
Internal
Information about professional jobs
Job
Information about knowledge and beliefs
Knowledge and Beliefs
Information about language and lingual history
Language
Information about personal history regarding events or activities - including their occurrences that might be directly related or have had an influence (e.g. World War, 9/11)
Life History
Information about likes or preferences regarding attractions
Like
Information about the links that an individual has clicked
Link Clicked
Information about loans, whether applied, provided or rejected, and its history
Loan Record
Information about locality e.g. city, village, town, portion of a city as a location
Locality
Information about location
Location
Information about the Media Access Control (MAC) address of a device
MAC Address
Information about marital status and history
Marital Status
Information about marriage(s)
Marriage
Information about health, medical conditions or health care
Medical Health
Information about mental health
Mental Health
Information about mood
Mood
Information about names associated or used as given name or nickname
Name
Information about nationality
Nationality
Information about an official identifier or identification document
Official ID
Information about offspring(s)
Offspring
Information about opinions
Opinion
Information about ownership and history, including renting, borrowing, possessions
Ownership
Information about personal identification number (PIN), which is usually used in the process of authenticating the individual as an user accessing a system
PIN Code
Information about parent(s)
Parent
Information about passport
Passport
Information about password used in the process of authenticating the individual as an user accessing a system.
Password
Information about past employment
Past Employment
Information about payment card such as credit and debit cards
Payment Card
Information about payment card expiry such as a date
Payment Card Expiry
Information about payment card number
Payment Card Number
Information about performance at work or within work environments
Performance at Work
Information about and including personal documents e.g. diaries or journals
Personal Documents
Information about personal possessions
Personal Possession
Information about personality (e.g., categorization in terms of the Big Five personality traits)
Personality
Information about philosophical beliefs
Philosophical Belief
Information about physical address
Physical Address
Information about physical characteristics
Physical Characteristic
Information about physical health
Physical Health
Information about defining traits or features regarding the body
Physical Trait
Information about visual representation or image e.g. profile photo
Picture
Information about piercings
Piercing
Information about political affiliation and history
Political Affiliation
Information about opinions regarding politics and political topics
Political Opinion
Information about postal code as a location
Postal Code
Information about preferences or interests
Preference
Information about medical and pharmaceutical prescriptions
Prescription
Information about privacy preferences
Privacy Preference
Information about proclivities in a sexual context
Proclivity
Information about educational or professional career
Professional
Information about professional certifications
Professional Certification
Information about professional evaluations
Professional Evaluation
Information about professional experiences
Professional Experience
Information about professional interviews
Professional Interview
Information about professional training
Professional Training
Profile or user profile is information and representation of characteristics associated with person(s) or group(s)
Profile
Information about public life
Public Life
Information about social media that is publicly available
Publicly Available Social Media
Information about purchases such as items bought e.g. grocery or clothing
Purchase
Information about analysis of purchases made and money spent expressed as a habit e.g. monthly shopping trends
Purchases and Spending Habit
Information about race or racial history
Race
Information about references in the professional context
Reference
Information about region as a location
Region
Information about relationships and relationship history
Relationship
Information about reliability (e.g. of a person)
Reliability
Information about religion, religious inclinations, and religious history.
Religion
Information about religion and religious beliefs
Religious Belief
Information about residency e.g. which region or country a person is resident in
Residency
Information about retina and the retinal patterns
Retina
Information about location expressed as room number or similar numbering systems
Room Number
Information about salary
Salary
Information about sales e.g. selling of goods or services
Sale
Information about school such as name of school, conduct, or grades obtained
School
Information about secret text used in the process of authenticating the individual as an user accessing a system, e.g., when recovering a lost password
Secret Text
Information about the consumption of a service, e.g. time and duration of consumption
Service Consumption Behaviour
Information about sexuality and sexual history
Sexual
Information about sexual history
Sexual History
Information about sexual preferences
Sexual Preference
Information about sibling(s)
Sibling
Information about skin tone
Skin Tone
Information about social aspects such as family, public life, or professional networks
Social
Information about social behaviour(s)
Social Behaviour
Information about social media
Social Media
Information about social media communication, including the communication itself and metadata
Social Media Communication
Information about friends or connections expressed as a social network
Social Network
Information about social status
Social Status
Information about street as a location
Street
Information about TV viewing behaviour, such as timestamps of channel change, duration of viewership, content consumed
TV Viewing Behaviour
Information about tattoos
Tattoo
Information about financial tax e.g. tax records or tax due
Tax
Information about the technical knowledge
Technical Knowledge
Information about telephone number
Telephone Number
Information about thoughts
Thought
Information used to track an individual or group e.g. location or email
Tracking
Information about trade union memberships and related topics
Trade Union Membership
Information about financial transactions e.g. bank transfers
Transaction
Information about a purchasing, spending or income
Transactional
Information about travel history
Travel History
Information about unique identifiers
UID
Information about software acting on behalf of users e.g. web browser
User agent
Information about usernames
Username
Information about vehicle license number
Vehicle License Number
Information about vehicle license registration
Vehicle License Registration
Information about vehicles
Vehicle
Information about vehicle license
Vehicle License
Information about usage of vehicles, e.g. driving statistics
Vehicle Usage
Information about vocal recorded communication (e.g. telephony, VoIP)
Voice Communication Recording
Information about voice mail messages
Voice Mail
Information about vulnerability of a person or group
Vulnerability
Information about physical weight
Weight
Information about work environments
Work Environment
Information about work experiences
Work Experience
Information about work history in a professional context
Work History
Information about a person's work place, including their location, address, and locality
Work Place
Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Beatriz Esteves, Georg P. Krog, Paul Ryan, Delaram Golpayegani, Julian Flake (2025) Data Privacy Vocabulary (DPV) – Version 2.0. In: Demartini, G., et al. The Semantic Web – ISWC 2024. ISWC 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15233. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77847-6_10
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Extension to the Data Privacy Vocabulary (DPV) providing additional categories of personal data
Personal Data Categories
Personal Data Categories - HTML serialisation
Personal Data Categories - JSON-LD serialisation
Personal Data Categories - N3 serialisation
Personal Data Categories - RDF/XML serialisation
Personal Data Categories - Turtle serialisation
AI Accountability Lab (AIAL), Trinity College Dublin
EnterPrivacy Categories of Personal Information