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Page 7 of 22 <br />C i t y o f L a k e E l m o D a t a P r a c t i c e s P o l i c y 2026 <br />means to gain access to private or confidential data. The City of Lake Elmo will prepare <br />summary data if you make your request in writing and pre-pay for the cost of creating the <br />data. Upon receiving your written request – you may use the data request form on page ten <br />– we will respond within ten business days with the data or details of when the data will be <br />ready and what the cost will be. <br />Data Subjects <br />Data about You <br />The Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13) says that data subjects have certain <br />rights related to a government entity collecting, creating, and keeping government data <br />about them. You are the subject of data when you can be identified from the data. <br />Government data is a term that means all recorded information a government entity has, <br />including paper, email, CD-ROMs, photographs, etc. <br />Classification of Data about You <br />The Data Practices Act presumes that all government data are public unless a state or federal <br />law says that the data are not public. Data about you are classified by state law as public, <br />private, or confidential. See below for some examples. <br />Public data: We must give public data to anyone who asks; it does not matter who is <br />asking for the data or why. The following is an example of public data about you: if you are <br />an employee of a government entity, the fact that you work for the entity, and your job title <br />and bargaining unit is public. <br />Private data: We cannot give private data to the general public, but you have access when <br />the data are about you. The following is an example of private data about you: your Social <br />Security number. <br />We can share your private data with you, with someone who has your permission, with City <br />of Lake Elmo staff who need the data to do their work, and as permitted by law or court order. <br />Confidential data: Confidential data have the most protection. Neither the public nor you <br />can get access even when the confidential data are about you. The following is an example <br />of confidential data about you: if you register a complaint with a government entity concerning <br />violations of state laws or local ordinances concerning the use of real property, your identity is <br />confidential.