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NCJ Number:	170060

Title:	Compendium of State Privacy and Security Legislation: 1997 Overview - Montana; Montana Code Annotated 1981

Corporate Author:	Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) US Dept of Justice Office of Justice Programs United States of America

Date Published:	1997

Page Count:	17

Sponsoring Agency:	Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Washington, DC 20531 Indiana University Purdue University, Research Support Funds Indianapolis, IN 46202 NCJRS Photocopy Services Rockville, MD 20849-6000

Sale Source:	NCJRS Photocopy Services Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 United States of America Indiana University Purdue University, Research Support Funds 420 University Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46202 United States of America

Document:	PDF

Type:	Legislation/Policy Description

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	This is a 1997 overview of Montana law pertinent to the privacy and security of criminal justice information.

Abstract:	The Montana Criminal Justice Information Act of 1979 requires the photographing and fingerprinting of persons under certain circumstances, ensures the accuracy and completeness of criminal history information, and establishes the protection of individual privacy in criminal justice information recordkeeping. Part 1 of the law contains general provisions, and Part 2 contains provisions pertinent to information collection and processing. Sections of Part 2 address the scope of authority to collect, process, and preserve criminal justice information; the collection and processing of photographs and fingerprints; the form, content, and limits on use of records; record preservation; procedures to ensure the accuracy of criminal history records; the inspection or transfer of criminal history records; and challenge to and correction of information. Part 3 contains sections on information dissemination, including the dissemination of confidential criminal justice information, agreements as to access to information, and the dissemination of copied or inspected records. Part 4 of the law, which addresses system security, mandates security procedure, with provisions for automated equipment, computer programming, manual equipment, and personnel.

Main Term(s):	Court records

Index Term(s):	Confidential records access; Criminal histories; Criminal justice information systems; Data security; Information collection; Information dissemination; Information processing; Legal privacy protection; Montana; Records management; State laws



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