diff --git a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/context.ts b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/context.ts
index 3c3904582315..c0868f9527b3 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/context.ts
+++ b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/context.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ const _nodeContextIntegration = ((options: ContextOptions = {}) => {
   async function addContext(event: Event): Promise<Event> {
     const updatedContext = _updateContext(await contextsPromise);
 
-    // TODO(v11): conditional with `sendDefaultPii` here?
     event.contexts = {
       ...event.contexts,
       app: { ...updatedContext.app, ...event.contexts?.app },
diff --git a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/http/httpServerSpansIntegration.ts b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/http/httpServerSpansIntegration.ts
index 314f733a7dae..48a6bb08897e 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/http/httpServerSpansIntegration.ts
+++ b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/http/httpServerSpansIntegration.ts
@@ -167,10 +167,7 @@ const _httpServerSpansIntegration = ((options: HttpServerSpansIntegrationOptions
               'http.flavor': httpVersion,
               'net.transport': httpVersion?.toUpperCase() === 'QUIC' ? 'ip_udp' : 'ip_tcp',
               ...getRequestContentLengthAttribute(request),
-              ...httpHeadersToSpanAttributes(
-                normalizedRequest.headers || {},
-                client.getOptions().sendDefaultPii ?? false,
-              ),
+              ...httpHeadersToSpanAttributes(normalizedRequest.headers || {}, client.getDataCollectionOptions()),
             },
           });
 
diff --git a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/systemError.ts b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/systemError.ts
index 29c4410a01f9..7b38566b98fa 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/src/integrations/systemError.ts
+++ b/packages/node-core/src/integrations/systemError.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export const systemErrorIntegration = defineIntegration((options: Options = {})
         ...(error as SystemErrorContext),
       };
 
-      if (!client.getOptions().sendDefaultPii && options.includePaths !== true) {
+      if (!client.getDataCollectionOptions().userInfo && options.includePaths !== true) {
         delete errorContext.path;
         delete errorContext.dest;
       }
diff --git a/packages/node-core/test/integrations/systemError.test.ts b/packages/node-core/test/integrations/systemError.test.ts
index 3d29be490104..cdbe2c824b6c 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/test/integrations/systemError.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node-core/test/integrations/systemError.test.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ describe('systemErrorIntegration', () => {
     vi.mocked(util.getSystemErrorMap).mockRestore();
   });
 
-  function createClient(sendDefaultPii = false): Client {
+  function createClient({ sendDefaultPii, userInfo }: { sendDefaultPii?: boolean; userInfo?: boolean } = {}): Client {
+    // When userInfo is explicitly provided, use it directly.
+    // Otherwise fall back to sendDefaultPii (mimicking resolveDataCollectionOptions).
+    const resolvedUserInfo = userInfo ?? sendDefaultPii ?? false;
     return {
       getOptions: () => ({ sendDefaultPii }),
+      getDataCollectionOptions: () => ({ userInfo: resolvedUserInfo }),
     } as unknown as Client;
   }
 
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ describe('systemErrorIntegration', () => {
     expect(result.exception?.values?.[0]?.value).not.toContain('/secret/path');
   });
 
-  it('keeps path in context when sendDefaultPii is true', () => {
+  it('keeps path in context when userInfo is true', () => {
     const errno = -2;
     vi.mocked(util.getSystemErrorMap).mockReturnValue(
       new Map<number, [string, string]>([[errno, ['ENOENT', 'no such file or directory']]]),
@@ -78,11 +82,68 @@ describe('systemErrorIntegration', () => {
     const error = Object.assign(new Error('boom'), { errno, path: '/secret/path' });
     const event = { exception: { values: [{ value: error.message }] } } as Event;
 
-    const result = integration.processEvent!(event, { originalException: error }, createClient(true)) as Event;
+    const result = integration.processEvent!(
+      event,
+      { originalException: error },
+      createClient({ userInfo: true }),
+    ) as Event;
 
     expect(result.contexts?.node_system_error).toEqual({ errno, path: '/secret/path' });
   });
 
+  it('strips path from context when userInfo is false', () => {
+    const errno = -2;
+    vi.mocked(util.getSystemErrorMap).mockReturnValue(
+      new Map<number, [string, string]>([[errno, ['ENOENT', 'no such file or directory']]]),
+    );
+
+    const integration = systemErrorIntegration();
+    const error = Object.assign(new Error('boom'), { errno, path: '/secret/path' });
+    const event = { exception: { values: [{ value: error.message }] } } as Event;
+
+    const result = integration.processEvent!(event, { originalException: error }, createClient()) as Event;
+
+    expect(result.contexts?.node_system_error).toEqual({ errno });
+  });
+
+  it('keeps path in context when legacy sendDefaultPii is true', () => {
+    const errno = -2;
+    vi.mocked(util.getSystemErrorMap).mockReturnValue(
+      new Map<number, [string, string]>([[errno, ['ENOENT', 'no such file or directory']]]),
+    );
+
+    const integration = systemErrorIntegration();
+    const error = Object.assign(new Error('boom'), { errno, path: '/secret/path' });
+    const event = { exception: { values: [{ value: error.message }] } } as Event;
+
+    const result = integration.processEvent!(
+      event,
+      { originalException: error },
+      createClient({ sendDefaultPii: true }),
+    ) as Event;
+
+    expect(result.contexts?.node_system_error).toEqual({ errno, path: '/secret/path' });
+  });
+
+  it('strips path from context when legacy sendDefaultPii is false', () => {
+    const errno = -2;
+    vi.mocked(util.getSystemErrorMap).mockReturnValue(
+      new Map<number, [string, string]>([[errno, ['ENOENT', 'no such file or directory']]]),
+    );
+
+    const integration = systemErrorIntegration();
+    const error = Object.assign(new Error('boom'), { errno, path: '/secret/path' });
+    const event = { exception: { values: [{ value: error.message }] } } as Event;
+
+    const result = integration.processEvent!(
+      event,
+      { originalException: error },
+      createClient({ sendDefaultPii: false }),
+    ) as Event;
+
+    expect(result.contexts?.node_system_error).toEqual({ errno });
+  });
+
   it('keeps path in context when includePaths option is true', () => {
     const errno = -2;
     vi.mocked(util.getSystemErrorMap).mockReturnValue(