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H.B. 277
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VETOES
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to persons from whom personal information is collected; providing for certain
exceptions; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to report
annually to the General Assembly on certain regulations; requiring units of
State government to post certain privacy policies on their web sites; requiring
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) (1) 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.
(C) (1) THIS SUBSECTION ONLY APPLIES TO UNITS OF STATE GOVERNMENT.
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