Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-2069
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in this act:
1. "Covered entity" means any hospital, as defined in Section
1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, whether for-profit or
not-for-profit, which is owned, either in whole in or part, or is
managed in whole or in part, by hospitals whose business is subject
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 625
to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,
Public Law 104-191;
2. "Data breach" means the unauthorized access and acquisition
of unencrypted and unredacted computerized data that compromises the
security or confidentiality of personal information or restricted
information maintained by a covered entity as part of a database of
personal information or restricted information regarding multiple
individuals and that causes, or the covered entity reasonably
believes has caused or will cause, identity theft or other fraud to
any resident of this state. Good-faith acquisition of personal
information or restricted information by an employee or agent of a
covered entity for the purposes of the covered entity is not a
breach of the security system; provided, that the personal
information or restricted information, as the case may be, is not
used for a purpose other than a lawful purpose of the covered entity
or subject to further unauthorized disclosure;
3. "Personal information" means the first name or first initial
and last name in combination with and linked to any one or more of
the following data elements that relate to a resident of this state,
when the data elements are neither encrypted nor redacted:
a. Social Security number,
b. driver license number or state identification number
issued in lieu of a driver license, or
c. financial account number, or credit or debit card
number, in combination with any required security
code, access code, or password that would permit
access to the financial accounts of an individual.
The term does not include information that is lawfully obtained
from publicly available information, or from federal, state, or
local government records lawfully made available to the public;
4. "Restricted information" means any information about an
individual, other than personal information, that, alone or in
combination with other information, including personal information,
can be used to distinguish or trace the individual's identity or
that is linked or linkable to an individual, if the information is
not encrypted, redacted, or altered by any method or technology in
such a manner that the information is unreadable, and the breach of
which is likely to result in a material risk of identity theft or
other fraud to person or property; and
5. "Encrypted" and "redacted" shall have the same meanings as
in Section 162 of Title 24 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
1. "Covered entity" means any hospital, as defined in Section
1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, whether for-profit or
not-for-profit, which is owned, either in whole in or part, or is
managed in whole or in part, by hospitals whose business is subject
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 625
to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,
Public Law 104-191;
2. "Data breach" means the unauthorized access and acquisition
of unencrypted and unredacted computerized data that compromises the
security or confidentiality of personal information or restricted
information maintained by a covered entity as part of a database of
personal information or restricted information regarding multiple
individuals and that causes, or the covered entity reasonably
believes has caused or will cause, identity theft or other fraud to
any resident of this state. Good-faith acquisition of personal
information or restricted information by an employee or agent of a
covered entity for the purposes of the covered entity is not a
breach of the security system; provided, that the personal
information or restricted information, as the case may be, is not
used for a purpose other than a lawful purpose of the covered entity
or subject to further unauthorized disclosure;
3. "Personal information" means the first name or first initial
and last name in combination with and linked to any one or more of
the following data elements that relate to a resident of this state,
when the data elements are neither encrypted nor redacted:
a. Social Security number,
b. driver license number or state identification number
issued in lieu of a driver license, or
c. financial account number, or credit or debit card
number, in combination with any required security
code, access code, or password that would permit
access to the financial accounts of an individual.
The term does not include information that is lawfully obtained
from publicly available information, or from federal, state, or
local government records lawfully made available to the public;
4. "Restricted information" means any information about an
individual, other than personal information, that, alone or in
combination with other information, including personal information,
can be used to distinguish or trace the individual's identity or
that is linked or linkable to an individual, if the information is
not encrypted, redacted, or altered by any method or technology in
such a manner that the information is unreadable, and the breach of
which is likely to result in a material risk of identity theft or
other fraud to person or property; and
5. "Encrypted" and "redacted" shall have the same meanings as
in Section 162 of Title 24 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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