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Advisory Opinion 19-009 19-009

May 30, 2019 · May 30, 2019; Office of Higher Education

The Office of Higher Education (OHE) asked about the classification of certain program review data it maintained on a private/out-of-state university. The Commissioner opined that while the OHE is conducting the review …

Civil investigative data Educational data Trade secret #Civil investigative data (13.39) #Classification at time of request, controls access (13.03, subd. 9) #Classification of data #Education data #Educational data

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#Trade secrets #Trade secrets (13.37)
Advisory Opinion 14-018 14-018

November 17, 2014 · November 17, 2014; Department of Public Safety

A requester asked for access to copies of contracts and non-disclosure agreements for cell phone exploitation equipment. The entity said it could not redact the documents because they contained inextricably intertwined …

Contracts/privatization Law enforcement data Trade secret #13.03 subdivision 11 #Classification generally #Contracts #Deliberative processes (13.82, subd. 25 / subd. 16) #Privatization