Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-50

Restrictions on public agencies – Exemptions – Civil actions -

Violations.

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Personal

Privacy Protection Act".

B. As used in the Personal Privacy Protection Act:

1. "Personal affiliation information" means any list, record,

register, registry, roll, roster or other compilation of data of any

kind that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member,

supporter, or volunteer of, or donor of financial or nonfinancial

support to, any entity organized pursuant to Section 501(c) of the

United States Internal Revenue Code; and

2. "Public agency" means any state or local governmental unit,

however designated, including, but not limited to, the State of

Oklahoma; any department, agency, office, commission, board,

division or other entity of the State of Oklahoma, including those

created or established pursuant to constitutional provisions; any

political subdivision of the State of Oklahoma, including, but not

limited to, a county, city, township, village, school district,

community college district or any other local governmental unit,

agency, authority, council, board or commission; or any state or

local court, tribunal or other judicial or quasi-judicial body.

C. A public agency shall not do any of the following:

1. Require any individual to provide the public agency with

personal affiliation information or otherwise compel the release of

personal affiliation information;

2. Require any entity organized pursuant to Section 501(c) of

the United States Internal Revenue Code to provide the state agency

or political subdivision with personal affiliation information or

otherwise compel the release of personal affiliation information;

3. Release, publicize or otherwise publicly disclose any

personal affiliation information in the possession of the public

agency; or

4. Request or require a current or prospective contractor or

grantee with the public agency to provide the public agency with a

list of entities organized pursuant to Section 501(c) of the United

States Internal Revenue Code to which it has provided financial or

nonfinancial support.

D. Personal affiliation information is exempt from the

disclosure requirements of the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

E. The Personal Privacy Protection Act shall not preclude any

of the following:

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1. Any report or disclosure required by the Oklahoma Ethics

Commission prior to the effective date of this act;

2. Any lawful warrant for personal affiliation information

issued by a court of competent jurisdiction;

3. Any lawful request for discovery of personal affiliation

information in litigation if both of the following conditions are

met:

a. the requester demonstrates a compelling need for the

personal affiliation information requested by clear

and convincing evidence, and

b. the requester obtains a protective order barring

disclosure of personal affiliation information to any

person not directly involved in the litigation; or

4. Admission of personal affiliation information as relevant

evidence before a court of competent jurisdiction. However, no

court shall publicly reveal personal affiliation information absent

a specific finding of good cause.

F. Any person alleging a violation of the Personal Privacy

Protection Act may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive

relief, damages, or both injunctive relief and damages. Damages

awarded pursuant to this section may include one of the following,

as appropriate:

1. A sum of money not less than Two Thousand Five Hundred

Dollars ($2,500.00) to compensate for injury or loss caused by each

violation of this act; or

2. For an intentional violation of this act, a sum of money not

to exceed three times the sum described in paragraph 1 of this

subsection.

G. A court, in rendering judgment in an action brought pursuant

to this section, may award all or a portion of the costs of
less than Two Thousand Five Hundred

Dollars ($2,500.00) to compensate for injury or loss caused by each

violation of this act; or

2. For an intentional violation of this act, a sum of money not

to exceed three times the sum described in paragraph 1 of this

subsection.

G. A court, in rendering judgment in an action brought pursuant

to this section, may award all or a portion of the costs of

litigation, including reasonable attorney fees and witness fees, to

the complainant in the action if the court determines that the award

is appropriate.

H. A person who knowingly violates this act shall be guilty of

a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not

more than ninety (90) days or a fine of not more than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.