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MN Stat § 13.90 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13 — Government Data Practices|Section 13.90 — Judiciary Exempt.

13.90 JUDICIARY EXEMPT. Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "judiciary" means any office, officer, department, division, board, commission, committee, or agency of the courts of this state, whether or not of record, including but not limited to the Board of Law Examiners, the Lawyer's Professional Responsibility Board, the Board of Judicial Standards, the Lawyer's Trust Account Board, the State Law Library, the State Court Administrator's Office, the District Court Administrator's Office, and the Office of the Court Administrator. Subd. 2. Exemption. The judiciary is not governed by this chapter. Access to data of the judiciary is governed by rules adopted by the supreme court. History:  1985 c 298 s 44; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1995 c 259 art 1 s 26
MN Stat § 13A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13A — Release Of Information By Financial Institutions|Section 13A.01 — Definitions.

13A.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Financial institution. "Financial institution" means any office of a bank, savings bank, industrial loan company, trust company, savings and loan, building and loan, credit union, or consumer finance institution, located in the state. Subd. 3. Financial record. "Financial record" means an original of, a copy of, or information known to have been derived from, any record held by a financial institution pertaining to a customer's relationship with the financial institution. Subd. 4. Government authority. "Government authority" means any agency or department of the state or a local unit of government, or any officer, employee, or agent of it. Subd. 5. Customer. "Customer" means any natural person or authorized representative of that person who utilized or is utilizing any service of a financial institution, or for whom a financial institution is acting or has acted as a fiduciary, in relation to an account maintained in the person's name. Subd. 6. Law enforcement inquiry. "Law enforcement inquiry" means a lawful investigation or official proceeding inquiring into a violation of, or failure to comply with, any criminal or civil statute or any rule or order issued pursuant to it. History:   1983 c 225 s 1
MN Stat § 13A.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13A — Release Of Information By Financial Institutions|Section 13A.03 — Delayed Notice.

13A.03 DELAYED NOTICE. Subdivision 1. Application. Upon application of the government authority, a customer notice pursuant to section 13A.02, subdivision 3, may be delayed by order of an appropriate court if the judge finds that: (1) the law enforcement inquiry being conducted is within the lawful jurisdiction of the government authority seeking the financial records; (2) there is reason to believe that the records being sought are relevant to a legitimate law enforcement inquiry; and (3) there is reason to believe that the notice will result in (i) endangering life or physical safety of any person; (ii) flight from prosecution; (iii) destruction of or tampering with evidence; (iv) intimidation of potential witnesses; or (v) otherwise seriously jeopardizing an investigation or official proceeding or unduly delaying a trial or ongoing official proceeding. An application for delay must be made with reasonable specificity. Subd. 2. Order. If the court makes the findings required in subdivision 1, it shall enter an ex parte order granting the requested delay for a period not to exceed 180 days and an order prohibiting the financial institution from disclosing that records have been obtained. If the court finds that there is reason to believe that the notice may endanger the life or physical safety of any person, the court may specify that the delay be indefinite. Extensions of the delay of notice of up to 90 days each may be granted by the court upon application. Subd. 3. Notice. Upon expiration of the period of delay of notification under this section, the customer shall be served with a copy of the notice required by section 13A.02, subdivision 3. History:   1983 c 225 s 3
MN Stat § 13B.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13B — Matching Programs; Computerized Comparison Of Data|Section 13B.01 — Definitions.

13B.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. General. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Benefit program. "Benefit program" means a program administered by a public entity or agent of a public entity that provides cash or in-kind assistance in the form of payments, grants, subsidies, loans, loan guarantees, or any other form of financial assistance to individuals. Subd. 3. Front end verification. "Front end verification" means a computerized procedure operated by a public entity that checks the accuracy and truthfulness of data provided by an individual as part of an application with the public entity. Subd. 4. Government data. "Government data" has the meaning given the term in section 13.02, subdivision 7. Subd. 5. Individual. "Individual" has the meaning given the term in section 13.02, subdivision 8. Subd. 6. Law enforcement agency. "Law enforcement agency" means an agency of the state, a political subdivision, or the University of Minnesota with the power to conduct criminal investigations or make arrests or an attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of criminal offenses. Subd. 7. Matching program. "Matching program" means a computerized comparison of government data to government or nongovernment data for use by a public entity for purposes of determining the eligibility of individuals for a license, privilege, benefit program, or employment. Matching program does not include a comparison performed: (1) by a public entity if all data used in the comparison are government data of one responsible authority within the public entity, other than personnel or payroll data; (2) by a law enforcement agency after initiation of a law enforcement investigation for gathering evidence for a law enforcement proceeding against an identified individual; (3) to produce aggregate statistical data without data that identify individuals in the final product; or (4) to support a research or statistical project, the specific data of which may not be used to make decisions concerning the rights, benefits, or privileges of specific individuals. Subd. 8. Public entity. "Public entity" means a state agency or statewide system as those terms are defined in section 13.02. Subd. 9. Responsible authority. "Responsible authority" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 16. History:   1990 c 566 s 1
MN Stat § 13B.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13B — Matching Programs; Computerized Comparison Of Data|Section 13B.02 — Matching Agreements.

13B.02 MATCHING AGREEMENTS. Before participating in a matching program, the responsible authority in each public entity that participates in the matching program shall enter into a written agreement with the other person specifying: (1) the rationale, purpose, and legal authority for conducting the program; (2) a description of the data that will be matched, including each data element that will be used, the approximate number of records that will be matched, and the projected starting and completion dates of the matching program; (3) procedures for retention and destruction of data created by the matching program consistent with section 138.17; (4) procedures for ensuring the security of the data; (5) prohibitions on duplication and redisclosure of data by the person who receives the data, unless authorized by the public entity that releases the data; (6) procedures governing the use of the data provided by the public entity for the matching program, including procedures governing return to the public entity or destruction of the data consistent with section 138.17; and (7) information on assessments that have been made on the accuracy of the data that will be used in the matching program. History:  1990 c 566 s 2,9; 1992 c 569 s 36; 1994 c 618 art 1 s 47; 1995 c 259 art 1 s 62
MN Stat § 13B.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13B — Matching Programs; Computerized Comparison Of Data|Section 13B.03 — Front End Verification And Matching Programs; Rights Of Subjects.

13B.03 FRONT END VERIFICATION AND MATCHING PROGRAMS; RIGHTS OF SUBJECTS. A public entity may not suspend, terminate, reduce, or make a final denial of employment or a license or other privilege or of assistance under a benefit program, or take other adverse action against an individual as a result of data produced by a matching program or front end verification, until the entity has independently verified the data. If independent verification shows that the data are correct, the entity shall give the individual written notice of its findings and an opportunity to contest the findings. The requirements of this section may be satisfied by verification, notice, hearing, and appeal rights governing the particular benefit program or employment or licensing procedure from which data were obtained to be used in the matching program. History:   1990 c 566 s 3
MN Stat § 13B.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13B — Matching Programs; Computerized Comparison Of Data|Section 13B.05 — Remedies.

13B.05 REMEDIES. The remedies and penalties in sections 13.08 and 13.09 apply to this chapter. History:   1995 c 259 art 1 s 28
MN Stat § 13C.001 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13C — Access To Consumer Reports|Section 13C.001 — Definitions.

13C.001 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. Subd. 2. Consumer. "Consumer" means an individual. Subd. 3. Consumer report. (a) "Consumer report" means a written, oral, or other communication of information by a consumer reporting agency bearing on a consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living that is used or expected to be used or collected in whole or in part for: (1) the purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the consumer's eligibility for credit or insurance to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes; (2) employment purposes; or (3) other purposes authorized under United States Code, title 15, section 1681b. (b) Consumer report does not include: (1) a report containing information solely as to transactions or experiences between the consumer and the person making the report; (2) an authorization or approval of a specific extension of credit directly or indirectly by the issuer of a credit card or similar device; or (3) a report in which a person who has been requested by a third party to make a specific extension of credit directly or indirectly to a consumer conveys a decision with respect to the request, if the third party advises the consumer of the name and address of the person to whom the request was made and the person makes the disclosures to the consumer required under United States Code, title 15, section 1681m. Subd. 4. Consumer reporting agency. "Consumer reporting agency" means a person that, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties. Subd. 5. Employment purposes. "Employment purposes" means evaluating a consumer for hiring, compensation, promotion, reassignment, retention, or with respect to other terms and conditions of employment. Subd. 6. Investigative consumer report. "Investigative consumer report" means a consumer report in which information on a consumer's character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living is obtained through personal interviews with neighbors, friends, or associates of the consumer or with others with whom the consumer is acquainted or who may have knowledge concerning the information. "Investigative consumer report" does not include specific factual information on a consumer's credit record obtained directly from a creditor of the consumer or from a consumer reporting agency when the information was obtained directly from a creditor of the consumer or from the consumer. History:   1993 c 292 s 1
MN Stat § 13C.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13C — Access To Consumer Reports|Section 13C.01 — Access To Consumer Reports Prepared By Consumer Reporting Agencies.

13C.01 ACCESS TO CONSUMER REPORTS PREPARED BY CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES. Subdivision 1. Fee for report. (a) A consumer who is the subject of a consumer report maintained by a consumer reporting agency is entitled to request and receive by mail, for a charge not to exceed $3, a copy of the consumer report once in any 12-month period. The mailing must contain a statement of the consumer's right to dispute and correct any errors and of the procedures set forth in the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, United States Code, title 15, sections 1681 et seq., for that purpose. The consumer reporting agency shall respond to a request under this subdivision within 30 days. (b) A consumer who exercises the right to dispute and correct errors is entitled, after doing so, to request and receive by mail, without charge, a copy of the consumer report in order to confirm that the consumer report was corrected. (c) A consumer is entitled to a free copy of a consumer report if the consumer satisfies the procedures set forth in the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, United States Code, title 15, sections 1681 et seq. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1993 c 292 s 6] Subd. 3. Sale of certain information prohibited. A consumer reporting agency or any other business entity may not sell to, or exchange with, a third party, unless the third party holds an existing mortgage loan on the property, the existence of a credit inquiry arising from a consumer mortgage loan application when the sale or exchange is triggered by an inquiry made in response to an application for credit. This subdivision does not apply to information provided by a mortgage originator or servicer to a third party providing services in connection with the mortgage loan origination or servicing; a proposed or actual securitization; secondary market sale, including sales of servicing rights; or similar transaction related to the consumer mortgage loan. History:  1992 c 569 s 5; 1993 c 292 s 2; 1999 c 244 s 1; 2007 c 105 s 1
MN Stat § 13C.017 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13C — Access To Consumer Reports|Section 13C.017 — Security Freeze; Changes To Information; Written Confirmation Required.

13C.017 SECURITY FREEZE; CHANGES TO INFORMATION; WRITTEN CONFIRMATION REQUIRED. If a security freeze is in place, a consumer reporting agency may not change any of the following official information in a consumer report without sending a written confirmation of the change to the consumer within 30 days of the change being posted to the consumer's file: name, date of birth, Social Security number, and address. Written confirmation is not required for technical modifications of a consumer's official information, including name and street abbreviations, complete spellings, or transposition of numbers or letters. In the case of an address change, the written confirmation shall be sent to both the new address and to the former address. History:   2006 c 233 s 3
MN Stat § 13C.018 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13C — Access To Consumer Reports|Section 13C.018 — Security Freeze; Not Applicable To Certain Consumer Reporting Agencies.

13C.018 SECURITY FREEZE; NOT APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES. A consumer reporting agency is not required to place a security freeze in a consumer report under section 13C.016 if it acts only as a reseller of credit information by assembling and merging information contained in the database of another consumer reporting agency or multiple consumer reporting agencies, and does not maintain a permanent database of credit information from which new consumer reports are produced. However, a consumer reporting agency must honor any security freeze placed on a consumer report by another consumer reporting agency. History:   2006 c 233 s 4
MN Stat § 13C.019 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13C — Access To Consumer Reports|Section 13C.019 — Security Freeze; Exempt Entities.

13C.019 SECURITY FREEZE; EXEMPT ENTITIES. The following entities are not required to place a security freeze on a consumer report under section 13C.016: (1) a check services or fraud prevention services company that issues reports on incidents of fraud or authorizations for the purpose of approving or processing negotiable instruments, electronic funds transfers, or similar methods of payments; and (2) a deposit account information service company that issues reports regarding account closures due to fraud, substantial overdrafts, ATM abuse, or similar negative information regarding a consumer, to inquiring banks or other financial institutions for use only in reviewing a consumer request for a deposit account at the inquiring bank or financial institution. History:   2006 c 233 s 5
MN Stat § 13C.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13C — Access To Consumer Reports|Section 13C.02 — Disclosure Of Use Of Consumer Reports For Employment Purposes.

13C.02 DISCLOSURE OF USE OF CONSUMER REPORTS FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES. Subdivision 1. Disclosure required. A person may not obtain or cause to be prepared a consumer report on a consumer for employment purposes unless the person clearly and accurately discloses to the consumer that a consumer report may be obtained or caused to be prepared. The disclosure must inform the consumer of the right to request additional information on the nature of the report under subdivision 3. In the case of an investigative consumer report, the disclosure under this subdivision must inform the consumer that the report may include information obtained through personal interviews regarding the consumer's character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living. Subd. 2. Form; copy. The disclosure required under subdivision 1 must be in writing and must be provided to the consumer before the consumer report is obtained or caused to be prepared. If a written application is provided for employment purposes by an employer or prospective employer, the disclosure must be included in or accompany the application. The disclosure must include a box that the person may check off and return to receive a copy of the consumer report. If the consumer requests a copy of the report, the person requesting the report shall request the person preparing the report to provide a copy to the consumer. The report must be sent to the consumer by the person preparing the report within 24 hours of providing it to the person requesting the report. The report to the consumer must include a statement of the consumer's right to dispute and correct any errors and of the procedures under United States Code, title 15, sections 1681 to 1681t. A consumer may not be charged for a report provided under this section. If no report exists, the consumer reporting agency has no obligation to the consumer under this section. Subd. 3. Further disclosure if requested. A consumer reporting agency shall, upon written request from the consumer, make a complete and accurate disclosure of the nature and scope of the report. The disclosure under this subdivision must be in writing and must be mailed or delivered to the consumer within five days after the request for the disclosure was received or the consumer report was requested, whichever date is later. Subd. 4. Exception. This section does not apply to: (1) a consumer report to be used for employment purposes for which the consumer has not specifically applied; or (2) a consumer report used for an investigation of a current violation of a criminal or civil statute by a current employee or an investigation of employee conduct for which the employer may be liable, until the investigation is completed. History:   1993 c 292 s 3
MN Stat § 13C.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13C — Access To Consumer Reports|Section 13C.03 — Notice Of Adverse Action.

13C.03 NOTICE OF ADVERSE ACTION. If employment is denied or other adverse action for employment purposes is taken against a consumer wholly or partly because of information contained in a consumer report, the user of the report shall so advise the consumer and notify the consumer of the consumer's right to receive a copy of the report if a copy was not received pursuant to section 13C.02, subdivision 2. The user of the report shall also give the consumer the name and address of the consumer reporting agency making the report and a notice of the consumer's right to dispute and correct any errors and of the procedures under United States Code, title 15, sections 1681 to 1681t. Upon written request from the consumer, the consumer reporting agency shall provide a copy of the report to the consumer within five days of receipt of the request. A consumer may not be charged for a report provided under this section. History:   1993 c 292 s 4
MN Stat § 13C.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices|Chapter 13C — Access To Consumer Reports|Section 13C.04 — Enforcement; Remedies.

13C.04 ENFORCEMENT; REMEDIES. This chapter may be enforced by the attorney general or the county attorney pursuant to section 8.31 or 325F.70 and the public and private remedies available under those sections apply to this chapter. History:   1993 c 292 s 5
MN Stat § 13D.001 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 13D — Meetings Of Public Bodies|Chapter 13D — Open Meeting Law|Section 13D.001 — Definition.

13D.001 DEFINITION. Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of this chapter, the term defined in this section has the meaning given. Subd. 2. Interactive technology. "Interactive technology" means a device, software program, or other application that allows individuals in different physical locations to see and hear one another. History:   2021 c 14 s 1