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Advisory Opinion 94-040 94-040When an employee of the City of Buffalo didn't know what the classification of a piece of private data was, did that constitute a violation of the minor child's rights by impeding access to government data and not apply…
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Advisory Opinion 94-039 94-039When the Wright County Attorney's Office issued the petition on May 18, 1994, which included the Buffalo Police Report and not the custodial parent's Minnesota Data Practices Act Request of May 6, 1994, did that office …
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Advisory Opinion 94-038 94-038Is he entitled to gain access to data that existed on the District's computer on or before October 21, 1993? Has X actually received the information that existed in the District's computer on or before October 21, 1993?…
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Advisory Opinion 94-032 94-032Do the policies of two state agencies, that of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and that of the Department of Corrections, both of which insist upon a birth date in order to access criminal history information, subve…
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Advisory Opinion 94-031 94-031Do the policies of two state agencies, that of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and that of the Department of Corrections, both of which insist upon a birth date in order to access criminal history information, subve…
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Advisory Opinion 94-028 94-028Did the Sheriff's office in general and Investigator Johnson in particular have any basis to their denial of my file? Are the costs assessed by the Sheriff's department for copying the material excessive? Do the deletio…
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Advisory Opinion 94-024 94-024Is the Program in Human Sexuality improperly denying X access to data maintained about him?
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Advisory Opinion 94-017 94-017Whether your office is required by Minnesota Statutes Sections 13.03 and 13.04 to provide her with access to data concerning the County's collection and payment of child support to her?
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Advisory Opinion 94-016 94-016Must the District release to her the IEPs or any elements or items contained in them? If so, what elements or items contained in the IEPs must the District release? Are there any elements or items contained in the IEPs …
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Advisory Opinion 94-014 94-014Are the questions and documents [that he asked and requested] considered public data, was the method he used to make his request a legitimate one, [and] did the City respond in a legal and timely manner?
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Advisory Opinion 94-005 94-005Was Steele County's response to X's request the response contemplated by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, and hereinafter
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Advisory Opinion 94-001 94-001Did ISD 829 violate the rights of Mr. Hay by denying him immediate access to the school records of the children without, in any way, on the date when he requested the records, stating any reason for the denial. Minnesot…
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Advisory Opinion 93-010 93-010Upon final disposition of the disciplinary action (receipt of the Arbitrator's decision), does the Notice of Deficiency become public data? Is the decision of the Arbitrator public? If so, must the District remove the n…
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Advisory Opinion 93-009 93-009In your view, was it a responsibility of the Minnesota Department of Education to review compliance with Chapter 13, as well as compliance with FERPA? Did the Minnesota Department of Education violate the law by failing…
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Advisory Opinion 93-007 93-007Did the Minnesota Department of Education violate the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act by failing to provide the contents of a closed investigative file within the timelines required by the Act? (Minn. Stat. Sec.…
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Advisory Opinion 93-005 93-005Do the actions of either District, in failing to ensure that parents received a copy of the records within the timelines of Chapter 13, constitute a violation of that law, including a failure to explain access procedure…