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Advisory Opinion 04-077 04-077Did the City of Saint Paul comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a request to gain access to the addresses of those businesses and individuals who are the ultimate recipients of either loans or gr…
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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 02-036 02-036Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, has the Minnesota Secretary of State Office (OSS) responded appropriately to a request to inspect - via downloading - the following data: all UCCs, tax liens, and many other pu…
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Advisory Opinion 02-011 02-011Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.03, subdivision 3, clauses (c) and (d), has the City of St. Paul sufficiently justified its charge of $600 for a copy of public data in the database for vehicles towed to the C…
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Advisory Opinion 01-030 01-030Are the Minnesota Department of Public Safety's - specifically the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's - charges of 1) $250 for a copy of the criminal history database and 2) $15 for a copy of a background check, allowabl…
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Advisory Opinion 95-018 95-018Are the data contained in the Bigfork Municipal Liquor Store's inventory and sales report classified as trade secret data pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.37, subdivision 1 (b), and therefore, not public data?
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Advisory Opinion 95-017 95-017Are the data on pages 2, 6, 7, 12, 14-19, 21, 22, and 25-56 of the Deloitte-Touche Financial Feasibility Study, and also the data in the November 1994 Financial Statements for Envirosys, classified as trade secret infor…
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Advisory Opinion 94-057 94-057Is the position of the Department of Natural Resources that it can limit Mr. Boe's use of public data in compliance with the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act?