Ohio Admin. Code 901-10-01 - Definitions

For purposes of administrative rules promulgated in accordance with section 1347.15 of the Revised Code, the following definitions apply:

(A) "Access" as a noun means an opportunity to copy, view, or otherwise perceive whereas "access" as a verb means to copy, view, or otherwise perceive.

(B) "Acquisition of a new computer system" means the purchase of a "computer system," as defined in this rule, that is not a computer system currently in place nor one for which the acquisition process has been initiated as of the effective date of the department rule addressing requirements in section 1347.15 of the Revised Code.

(C) "Computer system" means a "system," as defined by section 1347.01 of the Revised Code, that stores, maintains, or retrieves personal information using electronic data processing equipment.

(D) "Confidential personal information" (CPI) means personal information has the same meaning as defined in division (A)(1) of section 1347.15 of the Revised Code that is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code as defined by division (A)(1) of section 1347.15 of the Revised Code and as defined in rule 901-10-04 of the Administrative Code..

(E) "Department" means the Ohio department of agriculture.

(E)(F) "Employee of the state department" means any person that is a full-time employee, part time employee, contractor or temporary worker who performs services for the department each employee of a state department regardless of whether he/she holds an elected or appointed office or position within the state department. "Employee of the state department" is limited to the specific employing state department.

(F)(G) "Incidental contact" means contact with the information that is secondary or tangential to the primary purpose of the activity that resulted in the contact.

(G)(H) "Individual" means natural person or the natural person's authorized representative, legal counsel, legal custodian, or legal guardian.

(H)(I) "Information owner" means the individual appointed in accordance with division (A) of section 1347.05 of the Revised Code to be directly responsible for a system.

(I)(J) "Person" means natural person.

(J)(K) "Personal information" has the same meaning as defined in division (E) of section 1347.01 of the Revised Code.

(K)(L) "Personal information system" means a "system" that "maintains" "personal information" as those terms are defined in section 1347.01 of the Revised Code. "System" includes manual and computer systems.

(L)(M) "Research" means a methodical investigation into a subject.

(M)(N) "Routine" means commonplace, regular, habitual, or ordinary.

(N)(O) "Routine information that is maintained for the purpose of internal office administration, the use of which would not adversely affect a person" as that phrase is used in division (F) of section 1347.01 of the Revised Code means personal information relating to employees and maintained by the department for internal administrative and human resource purposes.

(O)(P) "System" has the same meaning as defined by division (F) of section 1347.01 of the Revised Code.

(P)(Q) "Upgrade" means a substantial redesign of an existing computer system for the purpose of providing a substantial amount of new application functionality, or application modifications that would involve substantial administrative or fiscal resources to implement, but would not include maintenance, minor updates and patches, or modifications that entail a limited addition of functionality due to changes in business or legal requirements.

Notes

Ohio Admin. Code 901-10-01

Effective: 12/12/2024
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 9/27/2024 and 12/12/2029
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1347.15
Rule Amplifies: 1347.15
Prior Effective Dates: 09/10/2010, 10/12/2015