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Can I collect personal information from participants in Tennessee? What are the requirements?

Based on the provided documents, there are different requirements for collecting personal information in Tennessee depending on the context. Please see below for more information:

For disclosing nonpublic personal information:

  • Licensees may disclose nonpublic personal information without providing notice or opt-out options in certain circumstances, such as with the consent or at the direction of the consumer, to protect against fraud or unauthorized transactions, or to comply with legal requirements [1.1].
  • There are limits on the redisclosure and reuse of nonpublic personal information received from nonaffiliated financial institutions [1.2].

For collecting and recording information related to public health and personal and property rights:

  • Information collected and recorded under TNCO 68-3-201 should aid the public health of the state and furnish and preserve evidence affecting personal and property rights of the individual citizen [3.1].

For employees or volunteers of provider agencies:

  • As a condition of employment or volunteering, individuals who would have direct contact with or responsibility for persons receiving home and community-based services must agree to the release of investigative records, supply fingerprint samples, release information for a criminal background investigation, provide past work history, and identify personal references [2.2].
  • Provider agencies must check past work and personal references prior to employment of applicants [2.1].
  • Provider agencies must verify background information, including criminal history checks, for each employee or volunteer [2.3].

For operators of websites, services, or applications used for K-12 school purposes:

  • Operators cannot engage in targeted advertising or use information to amass a profile about a student except in furtherance of K-12 school purposes [4.1].
  • Operators must implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the covered information, designed to protect that covered information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure [4.1].
  • Operators may use or disclose covered information of a student if federal or state law requires the operator to disclose the information, for legitimate research purposes, or for K-12 school purposes [4.1].

Based on the above information, it is important to review the specific context and requirements for collecting personal information in Tennessee.

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Tennessee