§ 202.249 Sensitive personal data.

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Title 28—Judicial Administration > CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE > PART 202—ACCESS TO U.S. SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA AND GOVERNMENT-RELATED DATA BY COUNTRIES OF CONCERN OR COVERED PERSONS > Subpart B—Definitions

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(a) Definition. The term sensitive personal data means covered personal identifiers, precise geolocation data, biometric identifiers, human `omic data, personal health data, personal financial data, or any combination thereof.

(b) Exclusions. The term sensitive personal data, and each of the categories of sensitive personal data, excludes:

(1) Public or nonpublic data that does not relate to an individual, including such data that meets the definition of a “trade secret” (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1839(3)) or “proprietary information” (as defined in 50 U.S.C. 1708(d)(7));

(2) Data that is, at the time of the transaction, lawfully available to the public from a Federal, State, or local government record (such as court records) or in widely distributed media (such as sources that are generally available to the public through unrestricted and open-access repositories);

(3) Personal communications; and

(4) Information or informational materials and ordinarily associated metadata or metadata reasonably necessary to enable the transmission or dissemination of such information or informational materials.

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