Private vs. Personal
In Microsoft Outlook has the option to tag e-mails with a sensitivity tag. Technically this is fairly meaningless. However sometimes I like to use them. The confidential tag is quite self explanatory. I always confuse what is the difference between private and personal. So here is one possibility... Personal information are things like preferences, political association, likes and dislikes. Private information are things like bank account numbers. Stuff that you probably would like to keep secret. ...