In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated. “Agency” means:any department, authority, office, board, commission, council, committee, or other unit of the City government; and any individual not embraced in a unit of City Government who exercises authority comparable to that of the head of a unit of City government. “City data” or “data” means statistical, factual, quantitative, or qualitative information that is regularly maintained or created by or on behalf of:a City agency; or a third-party contractor that creates or acquires information, records, or other data for and on behalf of a City agency. “Open data” means data made available online:in open format; and with no legal encumbrances on use or reuse. “Open Data Portal” means the “Open Baltimore” Web Portal as maintained under this subtitle. “Open format” means any widely accepted, nonproprietary, platform-independent, machine-readable method for formatting data that:permits automated processing of that data; and facilitates search capabilities. “Dataset” means a named collection of related records that contains data organized or formatted in a specific or prescribed way, often in tabular form. “Protected information” means any dataset or part of a dataset to which an agency is required or authorized to deny access pursuant to the Maryland Public Information Act (Title 4 of the State Code <cite data-path="|general">General Provisions Article</cite>) or any other applicable law. “Sensitive information” means any data that, if published in open format, could raise privacy, confidentiality, or security concerns, or could have the potential to jeopardize public health, safety, or welfare, to an extent that is exceeds the potential public benefit of publishing that data. “Publishable data” means data that is neither protected information nor sensitive information. Ord. 16-463