EXCEPTIONS TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
Under the Freedom of Information Act, a public body may exempt
from disclosure the following record(s) and information:
- Record(s) that are of a personal nature and the
disclosure of the information would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of an individual's privacy.
- Record(s) that are investigating records compiled for law
enforcement purposes.
- Record(s) that, if disclosed would prejudice the public
body's ability to maintain the physical security of
custodial or penal institutions occupied by persons
arrested or convicted of a crime or admitted because of a
mental disability.
- Record(s) or information specifically described and
exempted from disclosure by statute.
- Record(s) that would prevent the body from complying with
Section 444 of subpart 4 of part C of the General
Education Provisions Act, 20 USC 1232g.
- Record(s) or information described in this section that
are furnished by the public body originally compiling,
preparing or receiving the record(s) or information to a
public officer or public body in connection with the
performance of the duties of that public officer or
public body, if the considerations originally giving rise
to the exempt nature of the public record remain
applicable.
- Record(s) that are trade secrets or commercial or
financial information voluntarily provided to an agency
for developing governmental policy.
- Record(s) that are subject to the attorney-client
privilege.
- Record(s) that are subject to the physician-patient,
psychologist-patient, minister, priest, or Christian
Science practitioner privilege, or other privilege
recognized by statute or court rule.
- Record(s) that are a bid or proposal to enter into a
contract or agreement prior to the time established for
submission or public opening.
- Record(s) that are appraisals of real property to be
acquired by the public body prior to an agreement for
purchase and appraisals that are less than three (3)
years old.
- Record(s) that are test questions and answers, scoring
keys, or other examination instruments.
- Record(s) that are medical, counseling, or psychological
facts or evaluations which would disclose an individual's
identity.
- Record(s) that are communications and notes within a
public body or between public bodies of an advisory
nature to the extent that they cover other than purely
factual materials and are preliminary to a final
determination of policy or action.
- Record(s) that are records of law enforcement
communication codes, or plans for deployment of law
enforcement personnel.
- Record(s) that would reveal the exact location of
archaeological sites.
- Record(s) that are testing data for determining whether
bidder's products meet specifications.
- Record(s) that are records of a campaign committee.
- Record(s) that are records of a law enforcement agency
and identify an informer, identify an undercover officer,
disclose personal address or telephone numbers of an
officer or family members, disclose operations, reveal
contents of manuals, endanger life or safety of officers
or their families, disclose personnel records of
officers, or identify residences that an agency is
requested to check on in the absence of their owner.
- Record(s) of security measures.
- Record(s) or information relating to a civil action in
which the requesting party and the public body are
parties.
- Record(s) that would disclose the social security number
of an individual.
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