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> if there exists a way to de-anonymize any individual in the dataset then the dataset is PII.

Legal department would probably go with,

> if there exists the possibility of a way to de-anonymize any individual in the dataset then the dataset is PII.

Why open themselves to the possibility of lawsuits and fines when they can change the terms.






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