Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17 - Public Assistance and Welfare Services › 415(g) - Employee Personnel Files › Personal Data › Section 17-415(g)-6 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
The following definitions shall apply to these
				  regulations.
(a) "Attorney" means an
				attorney at law empowered by a person to assert the confidentiality of or right
				of access to personal data under the Personal Data Act, Conn. General Statute
				§
									4-190.
(b) "Authorized representative" means a
				parent, or guardian or conservator, other than an attorney, appointed to act on
				behalf of a person and empowered by such person to assert the confidentiality
				of or right of access to personal data under the Personal Data Act, Conn.
				General Statute §
									4-190.
(c) "Automated personal data system" means a
				personal data system in which data is stored, in whole or part, in a computer
				or in computer accessible files.
(d) Category of personal data means the
				classifications of personal information set forth in the Personal Data Act,
				Conn. Gen. Stat. §
									4-190(9).
(e) Child/youth means any person under
				eighteen years of age, except as otherwise specified, or any person under
				twenty one years of age who is in full-time attendance in a secondary school, a
				technical school, a college or a state accredited job training
				program.
(f) "Computer accessible
				files" means any personal data which is stored on-line or off-line, which can
				be identified by use of electronic means, including but not limited to
				microfilm and microfilm devices, which includes but is not limited to magnetic
				tape, magnetic film, magnetic disks, magnetic drums, internal memory utilized
				by any processing device, including computers or telecommunications control
				units, punched cards, optically scanable paper or film.
(g) Department/Agency means the Department of
				Children and Youth Services.
(h)
				"Maintain" means collect, maintain, use or disseminate.
(i) "Manual personal data system" means a
				personal data system other than an automated personal data system.
(j) Other Data means any other information
				which because of name, identifying number, mark or description can be readily
				associated with a particular person.
(k) "Person" means an individual of any age
				concerning whom personal data is maintained in a personal data system, or a
				person's attorney or authorized representative.
(l) "Personal data" means any information
				about a person's education, finances, medical or emotional condition or
				history, employment or business history, family or personal relationships,
				reputation or character which because of name, identifying number, mark or
				description can be readily associated with a particular person. "Personal data"
				shall not be construed to make available to a person any record described in
				subdivision (3) of the subsection (b) of Conn. General Statute §
				1-19.
(m) "Personal data system"
				means a collection of records containing personal data.
(n) "Record" means any collection of personal
				data, defined in subsection (9) of Conn. General Statute §
									4-190, which is
				collected, maintained or disseminated.