Section 7-A:1 Definitions.
In this chapter:
I. ""Agency'' means each state board, commission, department, institution, officer or other state official or group other than the legislature or the courts.
II. ""File'' means the point of collection of personal identifiable information.
III. ""Machine-accessible'' means recorded on magnetic tape, magnetic disk, magnetic drum, punched card, optically scannable paper or film, punched paper tape or any other medium by means of which information can be communicated to data processing machines.
IV. ""Personal information'' means any information that by some specific means of identification, including but not limited to any name, number, description, and including any combination of such characters, it is possible to identify with reasonable certainty the person to whom such information pertains.
V. ""Personal information system'' means any method by which personal information is collected, stored or disseminated by any agency of the state.
VI. ""Responsible authority'' means the head of any governmental agency which is responsible for the collection and use of any data on persons or summary data.
Source. 1975, 492:1, eff. June 24, 1975.