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Advisory Opinion 19-005 19-005A law enforcement agency asked about the classification of data in an inactive criminal investigation of an officer-involved fatal shooting. The Commissioner opined that the data were variously classified under Minnesot…
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Advisory Opinion 18-002 18-002A police department asked about the classification of records involving juveniles. The Commissioner opined that per Minnesota Statutes, section 260B.171, when a juvenile is or may be delinquent or is or may be involved …
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Advisory Opinion 08-030 08-030Did the Carver County Sheriff’s Office comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in denying a request for a copy of a booking photograph of a 16 year-old?
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Advisory Opinion 03-042 03-042Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Koochiching County Sheriff respond appropriately to a request for the name of an alleged victim of a certain incident under investigation?
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Advisory Opinion 98-014 98-014Would it violate a data subject's rights for a county attorney to disseminate data obtained in juvenile court delinquency and petty offense proceedings to the law enforcement agency whose officer signed the delinquency …
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Advisory Opinion 97-007 97-007Did personnel of the City of Menahga Police Department inappropriately disseminate data about Y, a minor?
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Advisory Opinion 94-054 94-054When a 16- or 17-year-old juvenile has been arrested on suspicion of, and/or charged with, an offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony, are the juvenile's name and age, and other identifying information m…
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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…