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This bill establishes a new provision to protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable information (PII) collected by the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations. Specifically, the bill defines PII broadly as including name, address, date of birth, email address, IP address, and any other information that could directly or indirectly identify an individual. Under this legislation, all such information obtained by the commission in the course of its official duties will be considered confidential. The only exception is that the executive director may disclose an individual's PII if they first obtain that person's explicit consent. Furthermore, unlike other state privacy regulations, this bill mandates that the confidential information must remain protected for 100 years, ensuring long-term privacy for individuals who provide information to the commission, regardless of current privacy statutes.

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