Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2006 – Confidentiality and access to data
(a) The collection, compilation, data analysis and dissemination of reports and studies shall be done in a manner that protects the privacy of any individual about whom information is given. The state agency shall consider confidential any information that explicitly or implicitly identifies an individual. Raw data shall not be available for public inspection nor is it a public record within the meaning of the Delaware Freedom of Information Act [§ 10001 et seq. of Title 29].
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2006
- 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
- Individual: shall mean a singular human being. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2002
- Raw data: shall mean any information collected pursuant to this chapter which has not been approved for release by the state agency. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2002
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- State agency: shall mean the Division of Public Health within the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2002
(b) All compilations prepared and authorized by the state agency for release and dissemination shall be public records and efforts will be made to assure their accessibility.
67 Del. Laws, c. 143, § ?1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 347, § ?1; 76 Del. Laws, c. 292, § ?1;