Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 55 - Personal Data

• Agency: means each state or municipal board, commission, department or officer, other than the legislature, courts, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General or town or regional boards of education, which maintains a personal data system. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
• Attorney: means an attorney at law empowered by a person to assert the confidentiality of or right of access to personal data under this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
• Authorized representative: means a parent, or a guardian or conservator, other than an attorney, appointed to act on behalf of a person and empowered by such person to assert the confidentiality of or right of access to personal data under this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
• Automated personal data system: means a personal data system in which data is stored, in whole or part, in a computer or in computer accessible files. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Computer accessible files: means any personal data which is stored on-line or off-line, which can be identified by use of electronic means, including, but not limited to, microfilm and microfilm devices, which includes, but is not limited to, magnetic tape, magnetic film, magnetic disks, magnetic drums, internal memory utilized by any processing device, including computers or telecommunications control units, punched cards, optically scannable paper or film. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Maintain: means collect, maintain, use or disseminate. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
• Person: means an individual of any age concerning whom personal data is maintained in a personal data system, or a person's attorney or authorized representative. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
• Personal data: means any information about a person's education, finances, medical or emotional condition or history, employment or business history, family or personal relationships, reputation or character which because of name, identifying number, mark or description can be readily associated with a particular person. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
• Personal data system: means a collection of records containing personal data. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
• Record: means any collection of personal data which is collected, maintained or disseminated. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.