(12) Public records containing information that would disclose or
might lead to the disclosure of any component in the process used
to execute or adopt an electronic signature, if such disclosure
would or might cause the electronic signature to cease being under
the sole control of the person using it. For purposes of this
paragraph, the term "electronic signature" has the same meaning as
that term is defined in Code Section 10-12-3;
(13) Records that would reveal the home address or telephone
number, social security number, or insurance or medical
information of law enforcement officers, judges, scientists
employed by the Division of Forensic Sciences of the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation, correctional employees, and prosecutors
or identification of immediate family members or dependents
thereof;
(13.1) Records that reveal the home address, the home telephone
number, or the social security number of or insurance or medical
information about teachers and employees of a public school. For
the purposes of this paragraph, the term "public school" means any
school which is conducted within this state and which is under the
authority and supervision of a duly elected county or independent
board of education; or
(14) Acquired by an agency for the purpose of establishing or
implementing, or assisting in the establishment or implementation
of, a carpooling or ridesharing program, to the extent such
records would reveal the name, home address, employment address,
home telephone number, employment telephone number, or hours of
employment of any individual or would otherwise identify any
individual who is participating in, or who has expressed an
interest in participating in, any such program. As used in this
paragraph, the term "carpooling or ridesharing program" means and
includes, but is not limited to, the formation of carpools,
vanpools, or buspools, the provision of transit routes, rideshare
research, and the development of other demand management
strategies such as variable working hours and telecommuting.
(b) This article shall not be applicable to:
(1) Any trade secrets obtained from a person or business entity
which are of a privileged or confidential nature and required by
law to be submitted to a government agency or to data, records, or
information of a proprietary nature, produced or collected by or
for faculty or staff of state institutions of higher learning, or
other governmental agencies, in the conduct of or as a result of,
study or research on commercial, scientific, technical, or
scholarly issues, whether sponsored by the institution alone or in
conjunction with a governmental body or private concern, where
such data, records, or information has not been publicly released,
published, copyrighted, or patented;
(2) Any data, records, or information developed, collected, or
received by or on behalf of faculty, staff, employees, or students
of an institution of higher education or any public or private
entity supporting or participating in the activities of an
institution of higher education in the conduct of, or as a result
of, study or research on medical, scientific, technical,
scholarly, or artistic issues, whether sponsored by the
institution alone or in conjunction with a governmental body or
private entity until such information is published, patented,
otherwise publicly disseminated, or released to an agency
whereupon the request must be made to the agency. This subsection
applies to, but is not limited to, information provided by
participants in research, research notes and data, discoveries,
research projects, methodologies, protocols, and creative works;
or
(3) Unless otherwise provided by law, contract, bid, or proposal,
records consisting of questions, scoring keys, and other
materials, constituting a test that derives value from being
unknown to the test taker prior to administration, which is to be
administered by the State Board of Education, the Office of
Education Accountability, or a local school system, if reasonable
measures are taken by the owner of the test to protect security
and confidentiality; provided, however, that the State Board of
Education may establish procedures whereby a person may view, but
not copy, such records if viewing will not, in the judgment of the
board, affect the result of administration of such test.
These limitations shall not be interpreted by any court of law to
include or otherwise exempt from inspection the records of any
athletic association or other nonprofit entity promoting
intercollegiate athletics.
(c)(1) All public records of hospital authorities shall be subject
to this article except for those otherwise excepted by this
article or any other provision of law.
(2) All state officers and employees shall have a privilege to
refuse to disclose the identity or personally identifiable
information of any person participating in research on commercial,
scientific, technical, medical, scholarly, or artistic issues
conducted by the Department of Human Resources or a state
institution of higher education whether sponsored by the
institution alone or in conjunction with a governmental body or
private entity. Personally identifiable information shall mean
any information which if disclosed might reasonably reveal the
identity of such person including but not limited to the person's
name, address, and social security number. The identity of such
informant shall not be admissible in evidence in any court of the
state unless the court finds that the identity of the informant
already has been disclosed otherwise.
(d) This article shall not be applicable to any application
submitted to or any permanent records maintained by a judge of the
probate court pursuant to Code Section 16-11-129, relating to
licenses to carry pistols or revolvers, or pursuant to any other
requirement for maintaining records relative to the possession of
firearms. This subsection shall not preclude law enforcement
agencies from obtaining records relating to licensing and possession
of firearms as provided by law.
----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Smallwood Stock (by way of Tim Stowell
<tstowell(a)chattanooga.net>) <bstockatlcom.net(a)mindspring.com>
To: <GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 1:27 AM
Subject: RE: [GAGEN] RECORDS IN GEORGIA
As I understand the law cited, it refers only to identifying
information
relating to living persons. Perhaps someone at the state archives could
clarify this.
Barbara Smallwood Stock
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard R. Pettys, Jr. [mailto:rpettys@smyrnacable.net]
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 5:26 PM
To: GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [GAGEN] RECORDS IN GEORGIA
Well, inasmuch as we are not a state agency, it has absolutely zero affect
upon our operation and the information that we either possess or
disseminate. It is not a crime to provide the information, only unlawful
for the State of Georgia to provide the information.
it is further my opinion that this is an unconstitutional act and would
not
be upheld by any court of competent jurisdiction.
So, the short answer is that we have no worries. If you would like the
long
diatribe answer, please email me off the list.
Richard Pettys, Jr.
----- Original Message -----
From: Liz Robertson <twoaunts(a)worldnet.att.net>
To: <GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [GAGEN] RECORDS IN GEORGIA
> The below comments were sent to me today and if it was circulated last
year,
> I missed it. What does this mean as far as the records we have on the
> Georgia web pages are concerned?
>
> Liz Robertson
> Haralson Co., Asst. Coordinator
>
> "Georgia Senate Bill 205 last year was modified by one legislator in a
> bit of "midnight madness," without review by any state agencies. In a
> misguided and failed attempt to protect public privacy, the bill now
> bans from public use any record, created at any time, that gives the
> birth surname name of any person's mother. The result of this is that
> Georgia Department of Archives and History has now closed to the public
> its genealogical files. Some Georgia counties are now refusing to allow
> the public from seeing even ancient marriage records.
>
> We all need to write to anyone and everyone in the Georgia legislature
> to have this part of the bill repealed or amended. It really protects no
> one's privacy as any criminal can easily circumvent the law and with no
> fear of being caught. The bill only inconveniences honest citizens like
> yourself from accessing records for legitimate purposes. I agree with
> your wife that information from birth and death certificates should also
> be made available to the general public, in an unrestricted manner,
> through unofficial copies."
>
>
>
>
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