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Advisory Opinion 19-009 19-009

May 30, 2019 · May 30, 2019; Office of Higher Education

The Office of Higher Education (OHE) asked about the classification of certain program review data it maintained on a private/out-of-state university. The Commissioner opined that while the OHE is conducting the review …

Civil investigative data Educational data Trade secret #Civil investigative data (13.39) #Classification at time of request, controls access (13.03, subd. 9) #Classification of data #Education data #Educational data

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Advisory Opinion 96-032 96-032

July 24, 1996 · July 24, 1996; Morrison County

Upon request, must Morrison County provide a computer-readable copy of the real property data sought by World Wide Data, Inc., to the extent that such data are maintained by the County in computer-readable format?

Electronic data Trade secret #Copyright #Electronic data #Intellectual property (See also: Proprietary information) #Organization of data, in general #Proprietary information (See also: Intellectual property)

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#Regardless of physical form #Trade secrets (13.37)
Advisory Opinion 94-047 94-047

October 28, 1994 · October 28, 1994; Minnesota Attorney General

For purposes of simplification, the information presented by the citizen who requested this opinion and the response from the government entity with which the citizen disagrees is presented in summary form. Copies of th…

Trade secret #Attorney general data (13.65) #Trade secrets (13.37)
Advisory Opinion 94-045 94-045

October 20, 1994 · October 20, 1994; School District 777 (Benson)

Are government data, provided to a school district, that consist of a financial profit and loss statement, commodities inventory list, and summary of purchases list, accessible to the public? NOTE: The identification of…

Contracts/privatization Requests for data Trade secret #13.03 subdivision 11 #Contracts #Privatization #Trade secrets (13.37) #Written requests, procedures may require