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Personnel & Employment Data Personnel data (11)

Data Subject Rights & Notice Data subjects (1) Tennessen warning (1)

Educational Data Educational data (4)

Government Structure & Administration Records management/retention (2) Responsible authority (1) Elected and appointed officials (1)

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Advisory Opinion 99-037 99-037

November 15, 1999 · November 15, 1999; Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities properly withhold from

Personnel data #Data subject access to personnel data #Data subject rights of access procedures (13.05, subd. 8)/(13.025, subd. 3)
Advisory Opinion 98-038 98-038

July 30, 1998 · July 30, 1998; School District 97 (Moose Lake)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.04, did School District 97, Moose Lake, respond appropriately to a May 18, 1998, request for access to data?

Personnel data #Alcohol and drug test data #Collective bargaining agreements #Data subject access to personnel data
Advisory Opinion 98-001 98-001

January 9, 1998 · January 9, 1998; Hennepin County Conservation District

Did 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…

Data subjects Educational data Personnel data Tennessen warning #Data subject access to personnel data #Disclosure or Dissemination of data #Employment setting #Statute of limitations
Advisory Opinion 97-034 97-034

August 12, 1997 · August 12, 1997; Minnesota Department of Transportation

Has the Minnesota Department of Transportation responded properly, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.04, to a data subject's request for access to data?

Educational data Personnel data #Civil investigative data (13.39) #Data subject access to personnel data #Harassment data (13.43, subd. 8) #Labor/union access (13.43, subd. 6)
Advisory Opinion 97-018 97-018

May 5, 1997 · May 5, 1997; School District 278 (Orono)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, must School District 278, Orono, disclose to the subject of the complaint the contents of a harassment complaint and its investigation notes detailing the allegations where the…

Educational data Multiple data subjects Personnel data #Complainant identity #Data subject access to personnel data #Harassment data (13.43, subd. 8) #Multiple data subjects #Witness identity or statement
Advisory Opinion 96-002 96-002

January 16, 1996 · January 16, 1996; City of Mahtomedi

Upon responding to a request for access to data by a data subject, is it appropriate, pursuant to Chapter 13, for a government entity to withhold entire documents because those documents apparently contain private or co…

Educational data Legislative authority and intent Multiple data subjects Personnel data #Complainant identity #Data subject access #Data subject access to personnel data #Harassment data (13.43, subd. 8) #Inextricably intertwined data (See also: Northwest Publications, Inc. v. City of Bloomington, 499 N.W.2d 509)

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#Multiple data subjects #Public and not public data
Advisory Opinion 95-051 95-051

December 6, 1995 · December 6, 1995; School District 166 (Cook County)

Did the District violate D's rights to receive access to private data under Minnesota Statutes Sections 13.04 and 13.43, with regard to the time frame in which it provided D with copies of the data requested? Did the Di…

Personnel data #Data subject access to personnel data
Advisory Opinion 95-041 95-041

October 12, 1995 · October 12, 1995; Mahnomen County

Is X entitled to gain access to a copy of the investigative report, of which he is the subject, that the members of the Mahnomen County Board reviewed and discussed publicly at one of their regularly scheduled meetings?

Elected and appointed officials Personnel data #Data subject access to personnel data #Status as employees (13.601, 13.43)
Advisory Opinion 95-023 95-023

May 15, 1995 · May 15, 1995; City of Duluth

Must the City of Duluth retain the oral examination score sheets for two years after the oral examination of prospective firefighters? Do X's oral examination score sheets constitute private data available to him, or pu…

Personnel data Records management/retention Responsible authority #Data destruction #Data subject access to personnel data #Examination data (13.34) #Responsible authority (RA)
Advisory Opinion 95-002 95-002

January 10, 1995 · January 10, 1995; School District 709 (Duluth)

Does ISD #709's failure to deliver this memorandum to X within five (5) days of his 7/15/94 request violate Minn. Stat. §13.04, subd. 3? Does ISD #709's failure to deliver this memorandum to X within five (5) days of hi…

Legislative authority and intent Personnel data Records management/retention #Data destruction #Data subject access to personnel data #Labor and Industry Department #Personnel data #Supervisor file
Advisory Opinion 94-038 94-038

September 29, 1994 · September 29, 1994; School District 625 (St. Paul)

Is he entitled to gain access to data that existed on the District's computer on or before October 21, 1993? Has X actually received the information that existed in the District's computer on or before October 21, 1993?…

Electronic data Personnel data Requests for data #Data request vs. question/inquiry #Data subject access to personnel data #Electronic data