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Data Subject Rights & Notice (132 opinions)
Tennessen warning
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Advisory Opinion 13-011 13-011A school district interviewed a student about his/her alleged involvement in an incident off school property. The district gave the student an oral Tennessen warning, which did not meet the full statutory notice require…
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Advisory Opinion 11-003 11-003Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, would School District 309, Park Rapids, violate the data practices rights of a former employee if it disseminates certain data about the former employee to the Hubbard County …
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Advisory Opinion 10-014 10-014Did the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in disclosing certain data to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) given there has been no final disposition of disciplinary …
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Advisory Opinion 10-005 10-005Did the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, when it contacted gun “Permit to Carry” holders for a certain event?
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Advisory Opinion 07-009 07-009Did Independent School District 720, Shakopee, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, if it collected private data about a student from the student without providing the Tennessen warning notice required by section…
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Advisory Opinion 04-016 04-016Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, would a library violate the rights of a minor data subject if the library released to the minor's parents a list of books borrowed by the minor?
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Advisory Opinion 04-010 04-010Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development violate a data subject's rights by asking the subject to sign informed consents following which staff fille…
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Advisory Opinion 04-009 04-009Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Gary Fischler and Associates violate a data subject's rights by not providing a Tennessen warning notice prior to collecting data as part of a psychological evaluation? Pu…Contracts/privatization Data subjects Educational data Legislative authority and intent Tennessen warning #Clause to be inferred #Informed consent vs. Tennessen #Private party contracts with government (13.05, subd. 11; see also: Helmberger v. Johnson Controls, Inc., 839 N.W.2d 527 (Minn. 2013).) #Relationship of informed consent to Tennessen warning #Vocational rehabilitation data
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Advisory Opinion 03-047 03-047Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.685, is it appropriate for the City of Thief River Falls to release electric utility customer data about the tenant of a rental property to the building's owner? Pursuant to Mi…
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Advisory Opinion 02-045 02-045Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Itasca County inappropriately release private data about employee
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Advisory Opinion 02-044 02-044Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District (LMCD) inappropriately release to a Board member the identity of an individual who complained about possible violations of LMCD r…
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Advisory Opinion 02-033 02-033Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.04, was Independent School District 333, Ogilvie, required to provide a Tennessen Warning to X and Y when it asked them to submit a complaint in writing? Pursuant to Minnesota …
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Advisory Opinion 02-018 02-018Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, would the rights of a data subject be violated if Washington County contacted and disclosed to the Immigration and Naturalization Service private data about the data subject c…
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Advisory Opinion 02-015 02-015Does School District 1, Minneapolis, have an obligation to provide teaching staff with the Tennessen warning notice detailed in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.04, subdivision 2, concerning the collection and use of teac…
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Advisory Opinion 02-006 02-006Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Independent School District 728, Elk River, respond appropriately to a request for access to the following data: surveys entitled
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Advisory Opinion 02-002 02-002Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Metropolitan Council improperly disclose data about an employee?
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Advisory Opinion 01-081 01-081Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, may Independent School District 194, Lakeville, provide to the Lakeville Police Department, in connection with a report of a possible crime, the following data, without consen…
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Advisory Opinion 01-040 01-040If the City of Woodbury requires an individual to supply his/her Social Security number as part of applying for a firearm permit, has the City violated that individual's rights under state and federal law?
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Advisory Opinion 00-004 00-004Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the data in the following document: the Office of Crime Victims Ombudsman Critical Report #9900029? To the extent that any of the data in the Rep…
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Advisory Opinion 99-004 99-004Have A's rights under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, been violated if the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice collected data from A about A and did not supply him/her with a Tennessen Warning notice?
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Advisory Opinion 98-043 98-043Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, what is the classification of the data contained in a complaint against a City of New Market employee?
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Advisory Opinion 98-042 98-042Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13 and Section 181.932, would the rights of certain Koch Refining Company employees be violated if the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency released, to the public, data contained in…Civil investigative data Data subjects Educational data Statutory construction (Ch. 645) Tennessen warning Tennessen warning #Absurd or unreasonable result (645.17) #Individual vs. person (13.02, subd. 4, 5 and 10) #Law enforcement agencies exempt #Limitation on collection/use of data (13.05, subd. 4) #Pollution Control Agency
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Advisory Opinion 98-007 98-007Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Sections 13.04 (subdivision 2), 13.05, 13.43, and 13.49, have the rights of the data subjects been violated because the Grand Rapids Public Utilities Commission did not provide a Tennessen…
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Advisory Opinion 98-003 98-003Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.04, subdivision 2, were M's rights violated when the Minnesota Department of Public Safety collected private data about M and 1) did not provide him/her with a complete
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Advisory Opinion 98-001 98-001Did the District comply with Minnesota Statutes Section 13.04, subdivision 2, when it collected private data from H about H upon his/her being hired in 1991? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.04, in 1994, did th…