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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-2303" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="23" subtitle_name="Protected Individuals -- Protected Information">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A protected individual, or the Office of Information Privacy on behalf of a protected individual, may request that a person who has published the protected individual’s personal information remove the protected individual’s personal information from publication.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A request made under this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be in writing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Be sent by certified mail or by e–mail;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, provide sufficient information to confirm that the requester is a protected individual; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Adequately identify the document, posting, or other publication containing the personal information.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A request made by the Office of Information Privacy certifies that a requester is a protected individual and no further information may be required to confirm that the requester is a protected individual.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The person to whom the request is made shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Provide for the removal of the personal information within 72 hours after receipt of the request; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notify the protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy by certified mail or by e–mail of the removal.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy may bring an action for a violation of this section against a person for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Declaratory relief;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Injunctive relief;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Damages incurred as the result of a violation of this section; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Reasonable attorney’s fees.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to the relief provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection, if a court finds that a person willfully refused to provide for the removal of personal information knowing that the individual on behalf of whom the request was made was a protected individual, the court may award punitive damages.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
