Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 47 > Chapter 18 > Part 33 - Authorized Vehicle Immobilization Device Operator

• Affiliate: means a legal entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another legal entity or shares common branding with another legal entity. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attorney general: means the office of the Tennessee attorney general and reporter. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Authenticate: means to verify using reasonable means that a consumer who is entitled to exercise the rights in §. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Child: means a natural person younger than thirteen (13) years of age. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Consumer report: has the meaning ascribed to that term by Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Consumer reporting agency: has the meaning ascribed to that term by Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• controlled: means :
  (A) Ownership of, or the power to vote, more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of a class of voting security of a company. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Controller: means the natural or legal person that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purpose and means of processing personal information. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• De-identified data: means data that cannot reasonably be linked to an identified or identifiable natural person, or a device linked to that individual. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer: means decisions made by the controller that result in the provision or denial by the controller of financial or lending services, housing, insurance, education enrollment or opportunity, criminal justice, employment opportunities, healthcare services, or access to basic necessities, such as food and water. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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.
• HIPAA: means the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Identity theft: means :
  (A) Obtaining, possessing, transferring, using or attempting to obtain, possess, transfer or use, for unlawful economic benefit, one (1) or more identification documents or personal identification numbers of another person. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Institution of higher education: means a public or private institution of higher education. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Nonprofit organization: means :
  (A) A corporation organized under the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act, compiled in title 48, chapter 51. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: means a natural person, consumer, individual, governmental agency, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, incorporated or unincorporated association, and any other legal or commercial entity however organized. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• processing: means an operation or set of operations performed, whether by manual or automated means, on personal information or on sets of personal information, such as the collection, use, storage, disclosure, analysis, deletion, or modification of personal information. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Processor: means a natural or legal entity that processes personal information on behalf of a controller. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Profiling: means a form of solely automated processing performed on personal information to evaluate, analyze, or predict personal aspects related to an identified or identifiable natural person's economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Pseudonymous data: means personal information that cannot be attributed to a specific natural person without the use of additional information, so long as the additional information is kept separately and is subject to appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal information is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Publicly available information: means information that is lawfully made available through federal, state, or local government records, or information that a business has a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public through widely distributed media, by the consumer, or by a person to whom the consumer has disclosed the information, unless the consumer has restricted the information to a specific audience. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• Sensitive data: means a category of personal information that includes:
  (A) Personal information revealing racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, mental or physical health diagnosis, sexual orientation, or citizenship or immigration status. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Third party: means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the consumer, controller, processor, or an affiliate of the processor or the controller. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105