Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 195 - Fees and procedures for searches and documentation of division of motor vehicle records › Section Trans 195.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Agency code" means a number assigned by the department to a requester after a
			 monthly contractual account is established.
(2) "Certification" means the authentication
			 and identification of divisional records certified as correct in accordance
			 with s.
			 909.02,
			 Stats.
(3) "Certificate of search"
			 means an authentication in writing that the appropriate records of the division
			 were searched, but the specific record was not found, or was not available
			 because the record was purged, destroyed, or was not reproducible.
(4) "Computer" means the same as defined in
			 s.
			 943.70(1)
			 (am), Stats.
(5) "Computer network" means the same as
			 defined in s.
			 943.70(1)
			 (b), Stats.
(6) "Computer supplies" means the same as
			 defined in s.
			 943.70(1)
			 (dm), Stats.
(7) "Computer system" means the same as
			 defined in s.
			 943.70(1)
			 (e), Stats.
(7m) "Confidential information" means
			 information that is restricted or prohibited from disclosure by state or
			 federal law.
(8) "Data" means the
			 same as defined in s.
			 943.70(1)
			 (f), Stats.
(9) "Division" means the division of motor
			 vehicles in the department of transportation.
(10) "Driver identification number" means a
			 number assigned by the division to a driver record using the individual's name,
			 sex, and date of birth.
(11)
			 "Duplicate" means the same as defined in s.
			 910.01(4),
			 Stats.
(12) "File" means an
			 individual vehicle or driver license record.
(12g) "Highly restricted personal
			 information" has the same meaning as defined in 18 USC s. 2725(4).
(12r) "Individual vehicle or driver license
			 record" means computer-stored data relating to a single individual, a single
			 non-individual customer, or a single vehicle, and includes information such as
			 driver license incidents, name changes, prior vehicle ownership, and similar
			 information.
(13) "Original" means
			 the same as defined in s.
			 910.01(3),
			 Stats.
(13e) "Personal identifier"
			 has the same meaning as defined in s.
			 85.103(1),
			 Stats.
(13m) "Personal information"
			 has the same meaning as defined in 18 USC s. 2725(3).
(13s) "Personally identifiable information"
			 has the same meaning as defined in s.
			 19.62(5),
			 Stats.
(14) "Photocopy" means the
			 mechanical or chemical reproduction of one side, or a portion of any one side,
			 of an original record.
(15)
			 "Record" means the same as defined in s.
			 19.32(2),
			 Stats.
(15g) "Records in bulk"
			 means compilation of more than 10 individual vehicle or driver license records
			 provided at one time.
(15r)
			 "Redaction" means separating and restricting access to personal identifiers,
			 personally identifiable information, personal information, highly restricted
			 personal information, and confidential information from records.
(16) "Requester" means the same as defined in
			 s.
			 19.32(3),
			 Stats.
(17) "Search" means a review
			 of the appropriate records of the division in order to establish the presence
			 or absence of a particular record.
(18) "Verification of search" means to
			 declare in writing, without certification, that the appropriate vehicle title
			 and vehicle registration records of the division were searched.