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The tuple (Full Name, Date of birth, Place of birth) ought to be a suitable unique subject for an individual.


"Meet my two twin sons, Collision (pronounced cole-eye-zon, we call him Cole for short) and Collision (pronounced call-iss-on, though we like to call him Colin)."


Luckily you are such a good parent that your twin sons would never dream of impersonating each other online.

And of course the Date Of Birth is really Date/Time of Birth.


The point is that "this is unique enough" is not a good standard when the data is sketchy or even subject to manipulation. The corporate ID numbers otherwise being discussed are unique by fiat.




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