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Advisory Opinion 01-083 01-083Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, is the Clay County Sheriff a
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Advisory Opinion 01-078 01-078Since Minnesota Statutes section 13.32, subdivision 5a mandates the release of data regardless of whether it is designated as
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Advisory Opinion 01-079 01-079When a government entity uses Minnesota Statutes, section 13.393, as the basis for denying access to public documents sought pursuant to a data practices request, must the government entity also give the underlying basi…
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Advisory Opinion 01-074 01-074Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Burnsville improperly deny access to police reports containing public data, i.e., arrest data, request for service data and response or incident data? Pursuant…
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Advisory Opinion 01-069 01-069What is the classification of previous and current reports about X that the Le Sueur County Sheriff maintains? X requested and signed a
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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 01-009 01-009Pursuant to Minnesota Statues, section 13.05, subdivision 12, is it appropriate for Intermediate District 287 to ask a data requestor to identify him/herself and to justify the request?
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Advisory Opinion 00-050 00-050Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did School District 273, Edina, respond appropriately to an August 11, 2000, request for access to data about job applicants? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did S…
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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 00-025 00-025Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, did the City of Rochester respond properly to a request for access to data on unpaid parking tickets?
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Advisory Opinion 00-011 00-011Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the South Lake Minnetonka Public Safety Department respond properly to a request to inspect the public data contained in the Department's so-called log sheets?
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Advisory Opinion 99-018 99-018Did Independent School District 15, St. Francis, properly respond to a public request for information regarding its evaluation of the performance of a District employee?
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Advisory Opinion 99-008 99-008Were the data subject's rights, under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, violated when the Minnesota Department of Human Services denied access, citing section 13.39, to data s/he requested on November 17, 1998.
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Advisory Opinion 98-049 98-049Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, in light of Minnesota Department of Health Rule 4600.5800 (Commercial Use), can public access to vital records be denied if a member of the public refuses to sign a promise tha…
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Advisory Opinion 98-021 98-021Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, did the Minnesota State Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services respond appropriately to a request to inspect and obtain copies of government data?
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Advisory Opinion 96-054 96-054Would the statutory rights of a data subject be violated if, in upholding the obligation to report health information to an agency, a provider did not document the report in the patient's health record as the report of …
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Advisory Opinion 96-038 96-038Has an individual's right to gain access to government data been violated when, in response to a request for access to public data, a government entity takes the position that, because the requestor has initiated a laws…
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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 96-002 96-002Upon responding to a request for access to data by a data subject, is it appropriate, pursuant to Chapter 13, for a government entity to withhold entire documents because those documents apparently contain private or co…Educational data Legislative authority and intent Multiple data subjects Personnel data #Complainant identity #Data subject access #Data subject access to personnel data #Harassment data (13.43, subd. 8) #Inextricably intertwined data (See also: Northwest Publications, Inc. v. City of Bloomington, 499 N.W.2d 509)
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Advisory Opinion 95-030 95-030Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.03, what is the City's obligation to provide public access to three-year-old City council meeting minutes? Pursuant to Section 13.08, must a person who is denied access to publi…
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Advisory Opinion 95-028 95-028Is a
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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 95-013 95-013Are data contained in a school board member's telephone log, which pertain to school board business, public government data?
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Advisory Opinion 95-004 95-004May detention photos (