The Securitate surveillance took place in different ways: general intelligence surveillance ("supraveghere informativă generală", abbreviated "S.I.G."); priority intelligence surveillance ("supraveghere informativă prioritară", abbreviated "S.I.P."); clearance file ("mapă de verificare", abbreviated "M.V."); individual surveillance dossier ("dosar de urmărire individuală", abbreviated "D.U.I."); target dossier ("dosar de obiectiv"), the target being, for example, an institute, a hospital, a school, or a company; case dossier ("dosar de problemă"), the targets being former political prisoners, former Iron Guard members, religious organizations, etc.; and element dossier ("dosar de mediu"), targeting writers, priests, etc.