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Data about you The MN Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13) says that data subjects have certain rights related to a government entity collecting, creating, and keeping government data about them.You are the subject of data when you can be identified from the data. Government data is a term that means all recorded information a government entity has, including paper, email, flash drives, CDs, DVDs, photographs, etc. Classification of data about you The MN Government Data Practices Act presumes that all government data are public unless a state or federal law says that the data are not public. Data about you are classified by state law as public, private, or confidential. See below for some examples. Public data We must give public data to anyone who asks. It does not matter who is asking for the data or why the person wants the data.The following are examples of some of the public data the City of New Brighton may have about you: • Your name and address on a business license application • An email you sent a City staff member regarding a City business item • Your building permit application for a home remodeling project Private data We cannot give private data to the general public, but you can have access to private data when the data are about you. We can share your private data with you, with someone who has your permission, with our City staff who have a work assignment to see the data, and to others as permitted by law or court order.The following is an example of private data about you: • Your social security number on a business license application • Your contact information when you sign up for electronic updates from the City • Your contact and personal information when you sign up for City recreational programs Confidential data Confidential data have the most protection. Neither the public nor you can get access even when the confidential data are about you. We can share confidential data about you with our City staff who have a work assignment to see the data, and to others as permitted by law or court order. We cannot give you access to confidential data.The following is an example of confidential data about you: • Any information about you that is currently part of an open police investigation • Any identifying information in an email you sent a City staff member regarding a concern you have about someone's property • Any identifying information about you when you report potential child or vulnerable adult abuse or neglect Policy and procedures required by Minnesota 3 Statutes,sections 13.025 and 13.03 (2016)