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The advisory opinion library currently includes:

Data practices advisory opinions issued by the Commissioner of Administration from 1993 to the present.
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Advisory Opinion 04-030

May 17, 2004; City of Eagan

This is an opinion of the Commissioner of Administration issued pursuant to section 13.072 of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13 - the Minnesota Government Data ...

Description: Has the City of Eagan complied with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in its determination regarding a request for the Mayor's cellular phone bill?

Category: Personal data/devices, Personnel data

Keywords: Personal data/devices, Personnel data, Personal data excluded, Cell phones, Work location/telephone number, Telephone records/bills

Commissioner: Brian J. Lamb

mn.gov/admin/data-practices/opinions/library/opinions-library.jsp?id=36-267767

Advisory Opinion 00-065

December 5, 2000; Intermediate School District 287

This is an opinion of the Commissioner of Administration issued pursuant to section 13.072 of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13 - the Minnesota Government Data ...

Description: Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Intermediate District 287 respond appropriately to an August 24, 2000, request for access to data about job applicants? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Intermediate District 287 respond appropriately to a data subject's August 24, 2000, request for access to data about him/herself? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Intermediate District 287 respond appropriately to a request for access to the following data made on August 25 and August 28, 2000: addresses and telephone numbers of the members of the Intermediate District 287 Board of Education? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, would it be a violation of a data subject's rights if Intermediate School District 287 denied the data subject, who was a school employee, access to data about him/herself because the data about him/her appears in forms, records, papers, etc., in which students are also identified?

Category: Elected and appointed officials, Multiple data subjects, Personnel data, Redaction

Keywords: Elected and appointed officials, Multiple data subjects, Personnel data, Redaction, Data incidental to the data subject, Status as employees (13.601, 13.43), Inextricably intertwined data (See also: Northwest Publications, Inc. v. City of Bloomington, 499 N.W.2d 509), Multiple data subjects, Interviews, Finalist for public employment (13.43, subd. 3), Interviews, Licensure information, Multiple data subjects, Test scores, Work location/telephone number, Redaction (See also: Multiple data subjects; Separation of data)

Commissioner: David F. Fisher

mn.gov/admin/data-practices/opinions/library/opinions-library.jsp?id=36-267448

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