Minnesota Session Laws - 2010 Regular Session

CHAPTER 222--H.F.No. 2988

An act

relating to state government; adding a provision to the Minnesota Data Practices Act on computer data; clarifying state agency use of temporary session cookies on government Web sites;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.15, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Exception. new text end

new text begin This section does not apply to a cookie temporarily installed by a government entity on a person's computer during a single session on or visit to a government entity's Web site if the cookie is installed only in a computer's memory and is deleted from the memory when the Web site browser or Web site application is closed. new text end

Presented to the governor April 6, 2010

Signed by the governor April 6, 2010, 4:24 p.m.