valid collection authority. based on that, we ll then take a series of actions. in some cases we ll just purge the collect, make no reporting on it, not retain the data. it s incidental collection, it has no intelligence value and has no purpose to what we are doing. in some cases, if we believe there s an intelligence value, for example whether it s a reference to a u.s. person, as an example in a scenario, in our reporting then we ll mask the identity of the individual. we ll use a phrase like u.s. person 1 or u.s. person 2. and i would remind everyone that for our purposes, u.s. person is defined very broadly. that is not just a u.s. citizen. that is a u.s. corporation, that is a ship or aircraft that is registered in the united states. that is an internet protocol address, for example. the term for us is much broader, because it s designed to ensure our protections of u.s. persons.
valid collection authority. based on that we ll take a series of action. in some cases we ll purge the collect, make no reporting and has no intelligence value and wasn t the purpose of what we were doing. in some places and if we believe there is intelligence value for example whether it s a reference to a u.s. person as an example in our reporting then we will mask the identity of the individual. we ll use afraid like u.s. person one or u.s. person two. i would remind everyone for our purposes u.s. person is defined broadly. it s not just a u.s. citizen it s a corporation, an aircraft, an internet protocol address, for example. it s not a particular individual. the term for us is much broader because it s designed to ensure our protection of u.s. persons. the procedures and protections you talked about are
has nothing do with our valid collection authority. in some cases we will just personal it has no intelligence value and it wasn t the purpose of what we were doing. in some cases then if we believe that there is intelligence value, for example, whether it s a difference to a and in our rorgt we will mask the identity of the person, we ll use a phrase like u.s. person 1 or u.s. person 2. for our purposes, u.s. person is defined very broadly. that is not just a u.s. citizen, that is a shipper/air so it s not just a particular individual if that s makes sense. the term for us is much broader because it s designed to ensure our pror texs of u.s. persons.