As used in this chapter:
"Agency " means the Iowa civil rights
commission.
"Confidential record" means a record which is
not available as a matter of right for examination and copying by members of
the public under applicable provisions of law. Confidential records include
records or information contained in records that the agency is prohibited by
law from making available for examination by members of the public, and records
or information contained in records that are specified as confidential by Iowa
Code section
22.7, or other
provision of law, but that may be disclosed upon order of a court, the lawful
custodian of the record, or by another person duly authorized to release the
record. Mere inclusion in a record of information declared confidential by an
applicable provision of law does not necessarily make that entire record a
confidential record.
"Custodian " means the executive director, or
a person lawfully delegated authority by the executive director to act for the
agency in implementing Iowa Code chapter 22.
"Open record" means a record other than a
confidential record.
"Personally identifiable information " means
information about or pertaining to an individual in a record which identifies
the individual and which is contained in a record system.
"Record" means the whole or a part of a
"public record" as defined in Iowa Code section
22.1.
"Record system " means any group of records
under the control of the agency from which a record may be retrieved by a
personal identifier such as the name of an individual, number, symbol, or other
unique retriever assigned to an individual.
