Law / United States / 
Minnesota
Office of Higher Education: data on financial aid applicants is private
In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Consent
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, treat data on applicants for financial assistance that you collect and use for the student financial aid programs you administer as private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12 (Minn. Stat. 136A.162(a)).
- Disclose that applicant data to the commissioner of children, youth, and families only to the extent necessary to determine eligibility under section 136A.121, subdivision 2, clause (5) (Minn. Stat. 136A.162(b)).
- Disclose the listed Minnesota supplemental loan program data (borrower identification number, names and addresses of borrower and cosigner, account dates, balances, past-due amounts, account type, responsibility and status) to a consumer credit reporting agency only if the borrower and the cosigner give informed consent at the time of application for a loan (Minn. Stat. 136A.162(c)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 136A.162 classifies financial aid applicant data held by the Office of Higher Education as private and limits two disclosures. No record, audit or demand for a record is named. The section contains no territorial test.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Data on applicants for financial assistance collected and used by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for student financial aid programs administered by that office are private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12 , except as paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 136A.162 provide. Data on applicants may be disclosed to the commissioner of children, youth, and families to the extent necessary to determine eligibility under section 136A.121, subdivision 2 , clause (5).
Listed data collected in the Minnesota supplemental loan program may be disclosed to a consumer credit reporting agency only if the borrower and the cosigner give informed consent at the time of application for a loan.
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