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Page 7 of 21 means to gain access to private or confidential data. The City of Lake Elmo will prepare summary data if you make your request in writing and pre -pay for the cost of creating the data. Upon receiving your written request - you may use the data request form on page ten - we will respond within ten business days with the data or details of when the data will be ready and what the cost will be. Data Subjects Data about You The Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13) says that data subjects have certain rights related to a government entity collecting, creating, and keeping government data about them. You are the subject of data when you can be identified from the data. Government data is a term that means all recorded information a government entity has, including paper, email, CD-ROMs, photographs, etc. Classification of Data about You The Data Practices Act presumes that all government data are public unless a state or federal law says that the data are not public. Data about you are classified by state law as public, private, or confidential. See below for some examples. Public data: We must give public data to anyone who asks; it does not matter who is asking for the data or why. The following is an example of public data about you: ifyou are an employee of a government entity, the fact thatyou work for the entity, and your job title and bargaining unit is public. Private data: We cannot give private data to the general public, but you have access when the data are about you. The following is an example of private data about you: your Social Security number. We can share your private data with you, with someone who has your permission, with City of Lake Elmo staff who need the data to do their work, and as permitted by law or court order. Confidential data: Confidential data have the most protection. Neither the public nor you can get access even when the confidential data are about you. The following is an example of confidential data aboutyou: ifyou register complaintwith a government entity concerning violations of state laws or local ordinances concerning the use of real property, your identity is confidential.