E Relating to the classification and dissemination of government data ARTICLE 1 � GOVERNMENT DATARequiring the court to award reasonable attorney fees to prevailing +plaintiffs bringing civil actions against government entities to compel +compliance with written opinions issued by the commissioner of administration under +the government data practices act; defining electronic access data and +cookie for classification purposes, classifying and regulating the use of the +data; classifying and regulating access to certain educational data on +nonpublic school students collected by public schools; clarifying the provision+ requiring schools to report alleged involvement by students in dangerous +weapons offenses on school property to the juvenile justice system; classifying and +regulating access to certain university of Minnesota claims experience data +relating to group health, dental, life, disability or workers compensation +insurance; classifying national night out event locations for community crime +prevention programs participation purposes as public data; classifying and +regulating access to data submitted by government employees as part of +organized self evaluation efforts by government agencies to obtain suggestions from +employees relating to cost reduction and efficiency; authorizing the sharing of+ county mental health data with police department crisis intervention teams +to determine the client status of apprehended persons; providing for the+ sharing among county welfare, human services, corrections, public health and +veterans service agencies of certain data on individuals without consent of +the subject of the data; classifying data received by the department of +agriculture from the federal department of health and human services, the food and +drug administration (FDA) and the agriculture, food safety and inspection +service to carry out statutory food safety regulatory and enforcement duties and+ data on individuals given to the lottery for direct marketing purposes; +clarifying the classification of information in bids and proposals under state +procurement provisions; requiring release of birth records to county local +welfare agencies for certain newborns abuse protection purposes; authorizing +dissemination of certain wage detail data to out of state agencies designated as +performance accountability and consumer information agencies to carry out the +requirements of the federal workforce investment act of 1998 without the consent +of the subject of the data for unemployment insurance purposes, authorizing +the commissioner of economic security to enter into data exchange +agreements with employment and training service providers with the consent of the +subject of the data for services evaluation purposes; classifying certain burial+ site data maintained by the office of the state archaeologist; requiring the +common entry point for vulnerable adult abuse reports to notify local medical +examiners about suspicious deaths ARTICLE 2 � FINANCIAL PRIVACYProviding consumers a right to privacy, confidentiality and secrecy +of financial records for consumer protection purposes; requiring +financial institutions to comply with certain provisions of the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley financial services modernization act and +prohibiting disclosure of nonpublic personal information on consumers to +nonaffiliated third parties, exceptions; providing for the use and form of +affirmative consent, prohibiting use as a required condition of doing business +with financial institutions; providing for access to and correction of +nonpublic personal information under certain conditions, authorizing financial institutions to charge a reasonable copying fee; authorizing attorney+ general remedies for violations; specifying the relationship of the +requirements and restrictions to other lawARTICLE 3 � INTERNET PRIVACYClarifying certain provisions regulating data on Internet consumers +maintained by Internet service providers; excluding certain nonidentifying information from the definition of personally identifiable +information; requiring reasonable authentication of consumer identity before +provider disclosure of personally identifiable information to subjects of the information and requiring provider disclosure of the information +required by a certain federal law; providers not to be required to create or +retrieve information in formats not maintained by the provider at the time of +request for disclosure or to establish or maintain a system for retrieval of +personally identifiable information retained and stored temporarily and used +only for system backup or other technical purposes and not disclosed to third+ parties; clarifying certain provider exemptions from the regulations ARTICLE 4 � SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERSRestricting the use and display of social security numbers after a +certain date, authorizing continuation of prior use under certain conditions (mk, ja)