Indiana Code 4-1-6-8.5. Consistent handling of information among and between agencies; principles and procedures
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Sec. 8.5. In order to establish consistent handling of the same or similar personal information within and among agencies, each state agency collecting, maintaining, or transmitting such information shall apply the following principles and procedures:
(2) When an agency which holds information classified as confidential disseminates that information to another agency, the receiving agency shall treat it in the same manner as the originating agency.
(1) Information collected after December 31, 1978, which is classified as confidential must be clearly and uniformly designated as confidential in any form or other document in which it appears.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-1-6-8.5
- Confidential: means information which has been so designated by statute or by promulgated rule or regulation based on statutory authority. See Indiana Code 4-1-6-1
- Personal information: means any information that describes, locates, or indexes anything about an individual or that affords a basis for inferring personal characteristics about an individual including, but not limited to, the individual's education, financial transactions, medical history, criminal or employment records, finger and voice prints, photographs, or the individual's presence, registration, or membership in an organization or activity or admission to an institution. See Indiana Code 4-1-6-1
- State agency: means every agency, board, commission, department, bureau, or other entity of the administrative branch of Indiana state government, except those which are the responsibility of the state comptroller, treasurer of state, secretary of state, attorney general, and excepting the department of state police and state educational institutions. See Indiana Code 4-1-6-1
As added by Acts 1978, P.L.10, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.19-1983, SEC.4.