Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-48 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 3745-48-01 - Personal information systems - definitions and incorporation by reference

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For the purposes of this chapter, the
			 following definitions apply:
(1) "Access" as
			 a noun means an instance of copying, viewing, or otherwise perceiving whereas
			 "access" as a verb means to copy, view, or otherwise perceive.
(2) "Acquisition of a new computer system"
			 means the purchase of a "computer system," as defined in this rule, that is not
			 a computer system currently in place nor one for which the acquisition process
			 has been initiated as of the effective date of this chapter.
(3) "Computer system" means a "system," as
			 defined by section 1347.01 of the Revised Code,
			 that stores, maintains, or retrieves personal information using electronic data
			 processing equipment.
(4)
			 "Confidential personal information" (CPI) has the meaning as defined in
			 division (A)(1) of section
			 1347.15 of the Revised Code and
			 identified by this chapter that reference the federal or state statutes or
			 administrative rules that make personal information maintained by the agency
			 confidential.
(5) "Employee of the
			 state agency" means each employee of a state agency regardless of whether the
			 employee holds an elected or appointed office or position within the state
			 agency. "Employee of the state agency" is limited to the specific employing
			 state agency.
(6) "Incidental
			 contact" means contact with the information that is secondary or tangential to
			 the primary purpose of the activity that resulted in the contact.
(7) "Individual" means a natural person or
			 the natural person's authorized representative, legal counsel, legal custodian,
			 or legal guardian.
(8) "Information
			 owner" means the individual appointed in accordance with division (A) of
			 section 1347.05 of the Revised Code to
			 be directly responsible for a system.
(9) "Person" means a natural
			 person.
(10) "Personal information"
			 has the same meaning as defined in division (E) of section
			 1347.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(11) "Personal information
			 system" means a "system" that "maintains" "personal information" as those terms
			 are defined in section
			 1347.01 of the Revised Code.
			 "System" includes manual and computer systems.
(12) "Research" means a methodical
			 investigation into a subject.
(13)
			 "Routine" means commonplace, regular, habitual, or ordinary.
(14) "Routine information that is maintained
			 for the purpose of internal office administration, the use of which would not
			 adversely affect a person" as that phrase is used in division (F) of section
			 1347.01 of the Revised Code
			 means personal information relating to employees and maintained by the agency
			 for internal administrative and human resources purposes.
(15) "System" has the same meaning as defined
			 by division (F) of section
			 1347.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(16) "Upgrade" means a
			 substantial redesign of an existing computer system for the purpose of
			 providing a substantial amount of new application functionality, or application
			 modifications that would involve substantial administrative or fiscal resources
			 to implement, but would not include maintenance, minor updates and patches, or
			 modifications that entail a limited addition of functionality due to changes in
			 business or legal requirements.