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2.__Encryption.__"Encryption" means the disguising of data using
generally accepted practices.

 
3.__Information broker.__"Information broker" means a person
who, for monetary fees or dues, engages in whole or in part in
the business of collecting, assembling, evaluating, compiling,
reporting, transmitting, transferring or communicating
information concerning individuals for the primary purpose of
furnishing personal information to nonaffiliated 3rd parties.__
"Information broker" does not include a governmental agency whose
records are maintained primarily for traffic safety, law
enforcement or licensing purposes.

 
4.__Notice. "Notice" means:

 
A. Written notice;

 
B. Electronic notice, if the notice provided is consistent
with the provisions regarding electronic records and
signatures set forth in 15 United States Code, Section 7001;
or

 
C. Substitute notice, if the information broker demonstrates
that the cost of providing notice would exceed $5,000, that
the affected class of individuals to be notified exceeds
1,000 or that the information broker does not have
sufficient contact information to provide written or
electronic notice to those individuals. Substitute notice
must consist of all of the following:

 
(1)__E-mail notice, if the information broker has e-
mail addresses for the individuals to be notified;

 
(2)__Conspicuous posting of the notice on the
information broker's publicly accessible website, if
the information broker maintains one; and

 
(3)__Notification to major statewide media.

 
5.__Person.__"Person" means an individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, trust, estate,
cooperative, association or other entity. "Person" as used in
this chapter may not be construed to require duplicative notice
by more than one individual, corporation, trust, estate,
cooperative, association or other entity involved in the same
transaction.

 
6. Personal information.__"Personal information" means an
individual's first name, or first initial, and last name in


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