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Advisory Opinion 25-007 25-007A member of the public asked whether a city responded appropriately to their requests for public data. The requester made four data requests between September 1, 2023 and September 13, 2024, but received no response fro…
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Advisory Opinion 20-003 20-003A member of the public made a data request to a school district. He requested an email attachment that contained a district employee’s “contact list.” The school district denied access to the contact list, asserting con…
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Advisory Opinion 19-013 19-013a data requester asked if a County had responded appropriately to two requests she made for public data. The Commissioner opined that the County responded appropriately to a request for public comments when it emailed t…
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Advisory Opinion 19-010 19-010In Advisory Opinion 19-010, a member of the public asked whether a state agency had violated the Data Practices Act because it had not provided her with access to the data he requested (public personnel data on two empl…
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Advisory Opinion 18-010 18-010A data requester asked whether a school district had responded appropriately to several data requests he made, including one for data about himself. The Commissioner opined that the district did not respond appropriatel…Requests for data Response to data requests #Timeliness of response to data subject - immediately or ten business days #Timeliness of response to public - prompt, reasonable time (13.03, subd. 2), (1205.0300) #Timely response required, access immediately or within ten business days #Timely, generally
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Advisory Opinion 18-006 18-006A member of the public asked whether a University had violated the Data Practices Act because it had not provided him with access to the data he requested (public personnel data on three employees) as of the date of his…