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Ch. 4
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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units each unit of State government to ensure the security of certain the unit's
records; prohibiting a certain construction of this Act; encouraging counties and
municipal corporations to conform certain practices to this Act; and generally
relating to privacy policies and data security for public records.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 10-624 and 10-633
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - State Government
10-624.
(a) In this section, "personal record" means a public record that names or, with
reasonable certainty, otherwise identifies an individual by an identifying factor such
as:
(1) an address;
(2) a description;
(3) a finger or voice print;
(4) a number; or
(5) a picture.
(B) (I) PERSONAL RECORDS SHALL MAY NOT BE CREATED UNLESS THE
NEED FOR THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN CLEARLY ESTABLISHED BY THE UNIT
COLLECTING THE RECORDS.
(2) PERSONAL INFORMATION SHALL COLLECTED FOR PERSONAL
RECORDS:
(I) SHALL BE APPROPRIATE AND RELEVANT TO THE PURPOSES
FOR WHICH IT IS COLLECTED;
(II) SHALL BE ACCURATE AND CURRENT TO THE GREATEST
EXTENT POSSIBLE PRACTICABLE; AND
(III) MAY NOT BE OBTAINED BY FRAUDULENT MEANS.
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(C) (1) THIS SUBSECTION ONLY APPLIES TO UNITS OF STATE GOVERNMENT.
(2) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, AN OFFICIAL CUSTODIAN
WHO KEEPS PERSONAL RECORDS SHALL ENDEAVOR, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT
PRACTICABLE, COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM THE PERSON IN INTEREST.
(3) AN OFFICIAL CUSTODIAN WHO REQUESTS PERSONAL INFORMATION
FOR PERSONAL RECORDS SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO EACH
PERSON IN INTEREST FROM WHOM PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED.
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