Iowa Code r. 481-16.8 - Redaction of electronic documents
(1)
Responsibilities of filers generally.
a. It is the responsibility of the filer to
ensure that a confidential document is certified as confidential.
b. It is the responsibility of the filer to
ensure that protected information is omitted or redacted from documents before
the documents are filed. This responsibility exists even when the filer did not
create the document.
c. The
division will not review filings to determine whether appropriate omissions or
redactions have been made or whether a document has been properly certified as
confidential.
(2)
Omission and redaction requirements.
a.
Protected information that is not
material to the proceedings. A filer may redact protected information
from documents filed with the division when the information is not material to
the proceedings.
b.
Protected information that is material to the proceedings.
When protected information is material to the proceedings, a filer must certify
the document as confidential when submitting the filing to the
division.
c.
Protected
information in a confidential document. Parties are not required to
redact protected information from documents that are certified as
confidential.
(3)
Information that may be redacted. A filer may redact the
following information from documents available to the public unless the
information is material to the proceedings:
a.
Driver's license numbers.
b.
Information concerning medical treatment or diagnosis.
c. Employment history.
d. Personal financial information.
e. Proprietary or trade secret
information.
f. Information
concerning crime victims.
g.
Sensitive security information.
h.
Home addresses.
(4)
Improperly included protected information. A party may ask the
division to restrict access to improperly included protected information from a
filed document. The division may order a properly redacted document to be
filed.
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