MN Data Practices Advisory Opinions Archive

December 22, 2000 · December 22, 2000; City of Minneapolis

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Minneapolis respond appropriately to a request, made at a meeting in late June, for access to a complete police report regarding an incident that occurred on D…

Law enforcement data Response to data requests

Advisory Opinion 00-075 00-075

December 22, 2000 · December 22, 2000; City of Minneapolis

As of December 2, 1998, was the preliminary finding of investigators that the squad's red lights were not on at the time of the collision

Law enforcement data #Request for service data (13.82, subd. 3)

Advisory Opinion 00-074 00-074

December 22, 2000 · December 22, 2000; Minnesota Department of Human Services

Whether the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) responded appropriately to X's request to have access to all data maintained about him/her when the Department provided copies of audio tapes that are difficult t…

Attorney data Educational data Personnel data Security information #Attorney data #Entity's discretion to withhold #Explanation of data #Harassment data (13.43, subd. 8)

Advisory Opinion 00-073 00-073

December 22, 2000 · December 22, 2000; Goodhue County

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Goodhue County respond appropriately to a September 7 (or 8), 1999, request by X for data about X and X's child?

Data subjects Educational data #Parental access to private data (13.02, subd. 8); (1205.0500)

Advisory Opinion 00-072 00-072

December 15, 2000 · December 15, 2000; School District 15 (St. Francis)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, has a

Personnel data #Final disposition of disciplinary action #Grievance filed by union #Resignation

Advisory Opinion 00-071 00-071

December 13, 2000 · December 13, 2000; Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Has the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry responded appropriately to a data subject's request for data when it denies a data subject access to data that would identify personnel of the Department who have sent …

Security information #Labor and Industry Department #Security information (13.37, subds. 1(a), 2)

Advisory Opinion 00-070 00-070

December 12, 2000 · December 12, 2000; School District 11 (Anoka-Hennepin)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did School District 11, Anoka-Hennepin, respond appropriately to an October 30, 2000, request for copies of private data, by stating that the data would not be made available …

Response to data requests #Exist upon creation or receipt

Advisory Opinion 00-069 00-069

December 12, 2000 · December 12, 2000; School District 11 (Anoka-Hennepin)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did School District 11, Anoka-Hennepin, respond appropriately to an October 30, 2000, request for copies of private data, by stating that the data would not be made available …

Copy costs Educational data

Advisory Opinion 00-068 00-068

December 12, 2000 · December 12, 2000; School District 11 (Anoka-Hennepin)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did School District 11, Anoka-Hennepin, respond appropriately to an October 10, 2000, request for copies of private data, by stating that the data would not be made available …

Copy costs Educational data

Advisory Opinion 00-067 00-067

December 5, 2000 · December 5, 2000; Minnesota Department of Public Safety

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Minnesota Department of Public Safety appropriately respond to a data subject's request to gain access to all e-mails, either generated or received by Department perso…

Electronic data #Computer design #Easily accessible for convenient use (13.03, subd. 1)

Advisory Opinion 00-066 00-066

December 5, 2000 · December 5, 2000; School District 11 (Anoka-Hennepin)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did School District 11, Anoka-Hennepin, respond appropriately to a September 11, 2000, request for copies of private data by charging a copy fee for two pages when the request…

Copy costs Educational data

Advisory Opinion 00-065 00-065

December 5, 2000 · December 5, 2000; Intermediate School District 287

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 Int…

Elected and appointed officials Multiple data subjects Personnel data Redaction #Data incidental to the data subject #Finalist for public employment (13.43, subd. 3) #Inextricably intertwined data (See also: Northwest Publications, Inc. v. City of Bloomington, 499 N.W.2d 509) #Interviews #Interviews

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#Licensure information #Multiple data subjects #Multiple data subjects #Redaction (See also: Multiple data subjects; Separation of data) #Status as employees (13.601, 13.43) #Test scores #Work location/telephone number

Advisory Opinion 00-064 00-064

December 5, 2000 · December 5, 2000; School District 625 (St. Paul)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did St. Paul School District 625 respond appropriately to a July 27, 2000, request for access to public government data?

Statutory construction (Ch. 645) #Entity determination under 13.072 #Words and phrases construed (645.08)

Advisory Opinion 00-063 00-063

December 5, 2000 · December 5, 2000; City of Windom

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, is the public entitled to gain access to the following data maintained by the City of Windom: the job status of, and compensation and benefits received by, a City employee fol…

Personnel data Requests for data #Data request vs. question/inquiry #Law enforcement

Advisory Opinion 00-062 00-062

December 1, 2000 · December 1, 2000; Minnesota Department of Employee Relations

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, has the Minnesota Department of Employee Relations (DOER) responded appropriately to a data subject's July 13, 2000, request to have access to all data about him/herself if DO…

Attorney data Response to data requests #Attorney-client privilege (595.02)

Advisory Opinion 00-061 00-061

December 1, 2000 · December 1, 2000; Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, has the Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning responded appropriately to a data subject's request to have access to all data about him/herself when the Depa…

Records management/retention #Data destruction

Advisory Opinion 00-060 00-060

November 21, 2000 · November 21, 2000; City of Greenwood

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Deephaven respond appropriately to a September 11, 2000, data subject's request for access to data?

Data subjects Response to data requests

Advisory Opinion 00-059 00-059

November 17, 2000 · November 17, 2000; City of Deephaven

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Deephaven respond appropriately to a September 11, 2000, request to inspect public data?

Response to data requests #Method of response

Advisory Opinion 00-058 00-058

November 16, 2000 · November 16, 2000; City of Two Harbors

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data maintained by the City of Two Harbors: data on customers of the City's electric, gas, water, sewer and storm water utilities?

Government Data #Municipal utility customer data (13.685 / 13.612)

Advisory Opinion 00-057 00-057

November 15, 2000 · November 15, 2000; City of Lakeville

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Lakeville respond appropriately to requests for data made on the following dates: verbal request on 11/8/99 verbal request on 11/9/99 verbal request on 11/24…

Property Data Response to data requests #Property complaint data (13.44)

Advisory Opinion 00-056 00-056

November 15, 2000 · November 15, 2000; School District 11 (Anoka-Hennepin)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did School District 11, Anoka-Hennepin, respond appropriately to a September 14, 2000, request for copies of private data?

Copy costs Educational data

Advisory Opinion 00-055 00-055

November 15, 2000 · November 15, 2000; School District 11 (Anoka-Hennepin)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did School District 11, Anoka-Hennepin, respond appropriately to a September 11, 2000, request for copies of private data?

Copy costs Educational data

Advisory Opinion 00-054 00-054

November 15, 2000 · November 15, 2000; School District 11 (Anoka-Hennepin)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did School District 11, Anoka-Hennepin, respond appropriately to an August 9, 2000, request for copies of private data?

Copy costs #No charge to search/retrieve/redact

Advisory Opinion 00-053 00-053

November 8, 2000 · November 8, 2000; Douglas County

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, and Minnesota Statutes, section 626.556, did Douglas County respond appropriately to requests from Mr. and Mrs. X for access to data about themselves that were collected as pa…

Educational data Licensing data Statutory construction (Ch. 645) #Child maltreatment data #Conflicting or irreconcilable provisions (645.26) #Data access to data subject #Investigative data #Later enacted statute

Advisory Opinion 00-052 00-052

November 3, 2000 · November 3, 2000; School District 31 (Bemidji)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did School District 31, Bemidji, inappropriately disseminate private educational data about student X and/or X's parent?

Educational data #Home schooling #Mental impressions (See: Keezer v. Spickard, 493 N.W.2d 614) #Student, defined

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