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Data Subject Rights & Notice (132 opinions)
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Advisory Opinion 04-021 04-021Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, and Minnesota Statutes, section 15.17, if the Minnesota Department of Human Services does not create any data relating to its decision to deny a parent access to data about th…
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Advisory Opinion 04-016 04-016Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, would a library violate the rights of a minor data subject if the library released to the minor's parents a list of books borrowed by the minor?
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Advisory Opinion 04-009 04-009Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Gary Fischler and Associates violate a data subject's rights by not providing a Tennessen warning notice prior to collecting data as part of a psychological evaluation? Pu…Contracts/privatization Data subjects Educational data Legislative authority and intent Tennessen warning #Clause to be inferred #Informed consent vs. Tennessen #Private party contracts with government (13.05, subd. 11; see also: Helmberger v. Johnson Controls, Inc., 839 N.W.2d 527 (Minn. 2013).) #Relationship of informed consent to Tennessen warning #Vocational rehabilitation data
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Advisory Opinion 02-042 02-042Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Rice County respond appropriately to a July 22, 2002, request for access to data?
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Advisory Opinion 02-015 02-015Does School District 1, Minneapolis, have an obligation to provide teaching staff with the Tennessen warning notice detailed in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.04, subdivision 2, concerning the collection and use of teac…
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Advisory Opinion 01-041 01-041Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Independent School District 281, Robbinsdale, respond appropriately to a data subject's request for access to data?
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Advisory Opinion 00-043 00-043Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.04, subdivision 4, what is a government entity's obligation to include a data subject's
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Advisory Opinion 98-042 98-042Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13 and Section 181.932, would the rights of certain Koch Refining Company employees be violated if the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency released, to the public, data contained in…Civil investigative data Data subjects Educational data Statutory construction (Ch. 645) Tennessen warning Tennessen warning #Absurd or unreasonable result (645.17) #Individual vs. person (13.02, subd. 4, 5 and 10) #Law enforcement agencies exempt #Limitation on collection/use of data (13.05, subd. 4) #Pollution Control Agency
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Advisory Opinion 96-012 96-012Is Mr. Spaulding entitled to gain access to the data he requested? What is DNR's obligation under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13 to respond to Mr. Spaulding's request?
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Advisory Opinion 96-011 96-011Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.05, subdivision 4, and Minnesota Rules Part 1205.1300, how may DHS use and/or disseminate the data which relate to K's commitment as a minor, contained on theData subjects Educational data Law enforcement data Legislative authority and intent Tennessen warning Welfare data #Authority to regulate data practices #Classification at time of request, controls access (13.03, subd. 9) #Commitment pre-petition screening #Firearms background check #Limitation on collection and use of private/confidential data (13.05, subd. 4)
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Advisory Opinion 95-049 95-049If Olmsted County Community Services maintains data about an individual, are legally authorized representatives of that individual entitled to gain access to those data, upon request, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chap…
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Advisory Opinion 95-028 95-028Is a