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Data Subject Rights & Notice (132 opinions)
Informed consent
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Advisory Opinion 17-004 17-004a city which operates a self-insured group health plan for its employees asked whether data collected by the third-party administrator were government data, how they would be classified, and whether the administrator wa…
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Advisory Opinion 11-015 11-015Should a prosecutor’s office require a release of information signed by the victim prior to releasing data to that victim’s legal representative under Minnesota Statutes, section 13.82, subdivision 13?
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Advisory Opinion 11-014 11-014Did the City of Faribault comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in denying access to city score sheets of local softball games?
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Advisory Opinion 10-019 10-019Did School District 547, Parkers Prairie, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a request to gain access to the tape recording of a closed meeting?
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Advisory Opinion 04-067 04-067Did Gary L. Fischler & Associates comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to X's April 28, 2003, request for data? Did Gary L. Fischler & Associates comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, if it re…
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Advisory Opinion 04-010 04-010Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development violate a data subject's rights by asking the subject to sign informed consents following which staff fille…
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Advisory Opinion 03-014 03-014Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, is it appropriate for a government entity to release responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) with the informed consent of businesses responding to the RFP?
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Advisory Opinion 03-012 03-012Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.04, did Hennepin County respond in a timely manner to a January 27, 2003, request to review government data? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, is it appropriate for H…
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Advisory Opinion 03-010 03-010Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, are videotapes of School District extracurricular athletic contests and/or school hallways government data, where they are created and maintained by agents of the District? As…
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Advisory Opinion 02-019 02-019Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, does the letter dated January 21, 2002, contain either private personnel data on any employee of Independent School District 2149, Minnewaska, or private educational data on a…
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Advisory Opinion 01-040 01-040If the City of Woodbury requires an individual to supply his/her Social Security number as part of applying for a firearm permit, has the City violated that individual's rights under state and federal law?
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Advisory Opinion 01-035 01-035Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Isanti County violate X's rights concerning a consent to release information that X was asked to provide the County?
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Advisory Opinion 99-010 99-010Were the Js' rights under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, violated when Carlton County disseminated a June 9, 1998, document pursuant to consent to release forms dated May 28, 1998?
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Advisory Opinion 98-007 98-007Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Sections 13.04 (subdivision 2), 13.05, 13.43, and 13.49, have the rights of the data subjects been violated because the Grand Rapids Public Utilities Commission did not provide a Tennessen…
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Advisory Opinion 97-032 97-032Has School District #273, Edina, failed to comply with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes Section 13.04, subdivision 2, because it did not provide a Tennessen Warning notice to H and H's parents upon collection of d…
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Advisory Opinion 96-042 96-042Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, did Dr. Willard Miller inappropriately gain access to private data about K, a University of Minnesota student? Did Dr. Willard Miller violate a provision of Minnesota Statutes …
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Advisory Opinion 95-046 95-046Did H's supervisor act in compliance with Chapter 13 when he disseminated data about H (an employee of Minneapolis Community College) to persons not employed by Minneapolis College? Did H's supervisor act in compliance …Data subjects Educational data Informed consent Personnel data #Data necessary for administration and management of programs (13.05, subd. 3) #Entity determination under 13.072 #Intergovernmental access (13.05, subd. 9) #Necessary to administer a program authorized by law (13.05, subd. 3) #Performance data/evaluations
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Advisory Opinion 95-035 95-035Is the Brooklyn Park Police Civil Service Commission aData subjects Educational data Informed consent Personnel data Tennessen warning #Civil investigative data (13.39) #Consent needed for new use of data if notice was not given #Data necessary for administration and management of programs (13.05, subd. 3) #Informed consent #Mental impressions (See: Keezer v. Spickard, 493 N.W.2d 614)
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Advisory Opinion 95-020 95-020Did the University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality release private data it maintained about X without his consent, and if so, was that release authorized by Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, or other applicable law?