{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-74-102","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 24-74-102","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article 74, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) \"Personal identifying information\" means information that may be used, along or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a specific individual, including but not limited to a name; a date of birth; a place of birth; a social security number or tax identification number; a password or pass code; an official government-issued driver's license or identification card number; information contained in an employment authorization document; information contained in a permanent resident card; vehicle registration information; a license plate number; a photograph, electronically stored photograph, or digitized image; a fingerprint; a record of a physical feature, a physical characteristic, a behavioral characteristic, or handwriting; a government passport number; a health insurance identification number; an employer, student, or military identification number; a financial transaction device; a school or educational institution attended; a source of income; medical information; biometric data; financial and tax records; home or work addresses or other contact information; family or emergency contact information; status as a recipient of public assistance or as a crime victim; race; ethnicity; national origin; immigration or citizenship status; sexual orientation; gender identity; physical disability; intellectual and developmental disability; or religion.\n\n(1.5) \"Political subdivision\" means a governing subdivision of the state, including a county or municipality, or a board, commission, institution, department, or agency of the political subdivision. \"County\" includes a home rule county. \"Municipality\" includes a home rule municipality. \"Political subdivision\" does not include a hospital or medical facility created by, and operated under, the Denver health and hospital authority created pursuant to section 25-29-103; the university of Colorado hospital authority created pursuant to section 23-21-503; a county hospital established pursuant to section 25-3-301; or a special district hospital pursuant to title 32.\n\n(1.6) \"Political subdivision employee\" means a person in the service of a political subdivision while acting in the person's employment capacity. \"Political subdivision employee\" includes an officer or employee, whether elected or appointed and whether full-time, part-time, or temporary. \"Political subdivision employee\" also includes an agent of a political subdivision when acting on behalf of, or at the direction of, a political subdivision in their capacity as an agent of a political subdivision.\n\n(1.8) \"Public institution of higher education\" means a state institution of higher education, as defined in section 23-18-102, local district college, or area technical college.\n\n(2) \"Publicly available information\" means information that is available to the public online, in person, or through a request for records under part 2 or part 3 of article 72 of this title 24.\n\n(3) \"State agency\" means a department of the legislative, judicial, or executive branch of state government, including a division, office, agency, or other unit created within a department of the legislative, judicial, or executive branch; a board, commission, or public institution of higher education; or the Colorado commission on higher education.\n\n(4) \"State agency employee\" means a person in the service of a state agency while acting in the person's employment capacity. \"State agency employee\" includes an officer or employee, whether elected or appointed; full-time, part-time, or temporary; and classified in or exempt from the state personnel system. \"State agency employee\" also includes an agent of a state agency when acting on behalf of, or at the direction of, a state agency in their capacity as an agent of a state agency.\n\n(5) \"Third party\" means a person or entity, including a law enforcement officer or agency, that is not a state agency, a state agency employee, a political subdivision, a political subdivision employee, or otherwise part of the state government or a political subdivision. \"Third party\" includes a private entity that contracts with, and collects or manages data on behalf of, a state agency or political subdivision.","path":["Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE","Article 74 - Protection of Personal Identifying Information"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-24.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"586962c210812c3000efe97f8bf533f903bcc0612a5e3bb23ab44e048398fa33","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-74-101","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-74-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}