Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 92 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › II - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 1-92-40b - Personal data, definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
When used in sections
						1-92-40b to
						1-92-40h, inclusive, the following
						terms shall have the meanings herein specified, unless the context otherwise
						indicates.
(a) "Agency" means each
					 state or municipal board, commission, department or officer, other than the
					 legislature, courts, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general or town or
					 regional boards of education, which maintains a personal data system.
(b) "Attorney" means an attorney at law
					 empowered by a person to assert the confidentiality of or right of access to
					 personal data under chapter 55 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) "Authorized representative" means a
					 parent, or a 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 chapter 55 of the
					 Connecticut General Statutes.
(d)
					 "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.
(e) "Board" means the
					 Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board.
(f) "Case file" means that compilation of
					 personal data, in either manual or automated form, relating to a specific
					 Office of State Ethics evaluation, preliminary investigation, advisory opinion,
					 declaratory ruling or court case.
(g) "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 scannable paper or film.
(h) "Employment record" means that
					 compilation of personal data, in either manual or automated form, which relates
					 to the qualifications of employment applicants.
(i) "Maintain" means collect, maintain, use
					 or disseminate.
(j) "Manual
					 personal data system" means a personal data system other than an automated
					 personal data system.
(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 section 1-210(b)(3) of the Connecticut General
					 Statutes.
(m) "Personal data
					 system" means a collection of records containing personal data.
(n) "Personnel file" means that compilation
					 of personal data, in either manual or automated form, relating to an Office of
					 State Ethics employee's employment and personnel activities, including, but not
					 limited to, his or her performance, evaluation and payroll and other
					 employment-related recordkeeping which is necessary for the conduct of the
					 agency's business and which is kept and maintained by the agency's business
					 office.
(o) "Record" means any
					 collection of personal data, defined in subsection (l) of this section, which
					 is collected, maintained or disseminated.
(p) "Categories of personal data" means the
					 classifications of personal information set forth in section 4-190(9) of the
					 Connecticut General Statutes.
(q)
					 "Other data" means any information which because of name, identifying number,
					 mark or description can be readily associated with a particular
					 person.