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<br />91.06 <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Confidentiality of records <br /> <br />Reference: Chapter 771 of the Health and Safety Code <br /> <br />Source: <br /> <br />Policy: <br /> <br />May 5, 1998 letter to regional council <br /> <br />It was stated that in regard to the confidentiality of location information <br />and telephone number records, the legislature passed a law during the <br />last biennium that relates to privacy and telephone company records. <br />Chapter 771 of the Health and Safety Code has been amended to <br />include theJollowing language: <br /> <br />Section 771.061 reads: <br /> <br />(a) Information that a service provider of telecommunications service <br />is required to furnish to a governmental entity in providing <br />computerized 9-1-1 service is confidential and is not available for <br />public inspection. Information that is contained in an address <br />database maintained by a governmental entity or a third party <br />used in providing computerized 9-1-1 service is confidential and <br />is not available for public inspection. <br /> <br />The law states that any information received from a telephone company <br />is confidential which is inclusive of such items as telephone numbers <br />and physical location information. Also, the latter part of the law states <br />that information contained in the address database - maintained by the <br />local 9..1-1 entity - is confidential and is not available for public <br />inspection. <br /> <br />It was further stated that the resale of addressing information is currently <br />an issue under review by the attorney general's office. Yet, maintaining <br />the privacy of the information associated within the addressing database <br />is clearly stated as the intent of the law. It would be a violation of state <br />statute if private information were released to the public. This includes <br />telephone numbers, associated names, and physical location <br />information associating a resident to an address; otherwise, the release <br />of a map and address without identifying information is acceptable. <br /> <br />With regard to the provision of addressing information, the assistance of <br />the U.S. Census Bureau is encouraged. This does not include customer <br />records. Counties are requested to provide in a digital format the <br />following information: a digital map of county roads and intersections, <br />and newly assigned address and street ranges. Names of residents, <br />telephone numbers and other proprietary information is not part of the <br />request. <br /> <br />ACSEC Policies and Procedures <br />February 1999 <br /> <br />Page 3 <br />