Alabama § 41-9-590 - Definitions.

§ 41-9-590. Definitions.

When used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) AJIC or COMMISSION. The Alabama Justice Information Commission.

(2) ALEA. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

(3) ALEA CJIS. The Criminal Justice Information Services Division of ALEA.

(4) BACKGROUND CHECK. A report produced by one or more information systems within ALEA which identifies a specific individual’s criminal history record within the state criminal history repository. The report may also include criminal history record information from the national criminal history repository maintained by the FBI or other public safety-related information maintained or accessed through the authority of ALEA.

(5) BIOMETRIC DATA. Data derived from analyzing an individual’s biometric identifiers.

(6) BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS. Intrinsic physical or behavioral traits of humans used to uniquely identify or verify an individual’s identity from within a population.

(7) CIVIL EVENT. A noncriminal, administrative, or legal interaction involving an individual which is recorded alongside his or her biometric data by governmental agencies.

(8) CRIMINAL EVENT. A documented interaction between an individual and the criminal justice system. The term includes information regarding arrests, detentions, indictments, and other formal criminal charges.

(9) CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION. Information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions, including fingerprints and other biometric data, and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, or other formal charges, and any disposition arising therefrom, including acquittal, sentencing, correctional induction, supervision, or release. The term does not include identification information such as fingerprint records if the information does not indicate the individual’s involvement with the criminal justice system.

(10) CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES. Federal, state, local, and tribal public agencies that perform substantial activities or planning for activities relating to the identification, apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, or rehabilitation of civil, traffic, and criminal offenders.

(11) CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION. Information based upon data under the authority of ALEA or AJIC necessary for criminal justice and public safety agencies to perform their missions. This term includes, but is not limited to, biometrics, business, organization, and property, when accompanied by any personally identifiable information, bond conditions and provisions, an individual’s identity history data, biographic information, case or incident history reports, and any other data deemed criminal justice information by the FBI CJIS Security Policy. In addition, the term may refer to the ALEA CJIS-provided or FBI CJIS-provided data necessary for civil agencies to perform their missions, including, but not limited to, data used to make hiring decisions.

(12) FBI. The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(13) FBI CJIS. The Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the FBI which is responsible for the collection, warehousing, and timely dissemination of relevant criminal justice information to the FBI and to qualified law enforcement, criminal justice, civilian, academic, employment, and licensing agencies.

(14) IDENTITY HISTORY DATA. Textual data that corresponds with an individual’s biometric data, providing a history of criminal and civil events for the identified individual.

(15) INFORMATION SYSTEM. A system of people, data, and processes, whether manual or automated, established for the purpose of managing information.

(16) NLETS. The national organization that provides for the exchange of criminal justice and public safety information between state, federal, and international criminal justice and public safety agencies.

(17) NLETS SYSTEM AGENCY. The state agency responsible for the administration of information provided by NLETS to criminal justice and public safety agencies within this state and that provides a representative from the state for the governance of NLETS.

(18) NONCRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSE. The uses of criminal history records for purposes authorized by federal or state law other than purposes relating to the administration of criminal justice, including employment suitability, licensing determinations, immigration and naturalization matters, and national security clearances.

(19) OFFENSE. Any act that is a felony, misdemeanor, state violation, municipal ordinance violation, or violation, or an act of delinquency.

(20) RAP BACK. A system that enables authorized entities to receive ongoing status notifications of any criminal history reported by ALEA or the FBI on individuals whose fingerprints are registered in the ALEA CJIS biometric identity repository or the FBI CJIS national fingerprint file.

(21) SECRETARY. The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

(22) TEXTUAL DATA. Written or digital records expressing information in written or printed language, including words, sentences, and paragraphs.

(23) USER AGENCY. Any agency or entity that subscribes to, accesses, or views any ALEA information system or service provided under the authority of this article.