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Advisory Opinion 25-011 25-011A county-based purchasing plan asked whether it was subject to the requirements of a Minnesota Statutes, section 13.46 after receiving a request from a media member for data it maintained. The purchasing plan denied the…
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Advisory Opinion 25-009 25-009Several media requesters asked whether a county sheriff’s office responded appropriately to a request for a 911 transcript. The County argued that portions of the transcript were active investigative data under section …
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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 23-002 23-002A member of the public asked whether a county responded appropriately to a request for the entity’s data inventory. The county informed the member of the public that the data inventory required by Minnesota Statutes, se…
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Advisory Opinion 23-001 23-001A data subject asked whether a joint powers entity responded appropriately to a data subject request when it did not provide responsive data within 10 business days. The Commissioner opined that the entity did not respo…
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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 18-006 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…
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Advisory Opinion 18-005 18-005A data subject asked if a county responded appropriately to a data request when it failed to comply within ten business days. The Commissioner concluded that Minn. Stat. § 13.04, subdivision 3, is clear: entities must c…