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Can I skip obtaining consent to sell personal information in Mississippi? What are the requirements?

To sell personal information in Mississippi, you must obtain consent from the individual whose information you are selling. Mississippi law exempts commercial and financial information of a proprietary nature from public access, but this does not exempt the requirement to obtain consent to sell personal information [2.1]. Additionally, any document filed with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety which contains trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information subject to the protection of any applicable law or court decision shall be clearly designated as such by the filer on its face and accompanying cover letter at the time of filing and shall be placed in an envelope other than white. Each page of each document shall be marked confidential. Upon request to inspect or copy any document so designated, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety shall notify the person who filed the document. Thirty (30) days after such notice, the document will be made available for public inspection or copying unless the filer shall have obtained a court order protecting such records as confidential pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-9 [3.1]. Information and data shall be considered public record information and data and receive normal handling and processing unless designated as “confidential information” by the agency and institution originating the data. Information and data designated as “confidential information” will receive special handling based on procedures agreed to by the executive director and the agency or institution head and shall be handled in accordance with the oath subscribed to by the confidentiality officer [1.4].

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