Sensitive information
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Sensitive information is knowledge that might give an advantage if revealed to persons not entitled to know it.
It can take many forms, such as government thinking regarding fiscal policy, details of a company's latest model, a game plan adopted by a sports team, or the whereabouts of a person.
In the United States of America, sensitive Information is broadly described as: information, the loss, or misuse, or unauthorized access to or modification of which could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of federal programs, or the privacy to which individuals are entitled to under 5 U.S.C. Section 552a (the Privacy Act of 1974), but that has not been specifically authorized under criteria established by an executive order or an Act of Congress to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy. (Source: Federal Standard 1037C and the National Information Systems Security Glossary).