(a) The General Manager of any department having control of any information to be processed by the Department which the respective General Manager determines is confidential, shall notify the General Manager of the Department in writing of the existence and confidential nature of such information, and shall specify with particularity the information which is to be treated as confidential.
(b) The General Manager of the Department shall consider the confidential nature of such information and shall take such measures as are required to maintain the security of such information. During the period of time such information is under the control of the Department, it shall have sole responsibility for the maintenance of the security of such information.
(c) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to disclose or make known in any manner, except to a duly authorized representative of the department supplying such information, the content or nature of any such confidential information while it is in the custody of the Department for processing, or any such information which is originated by the Department, without the express consent of the General Manager of the department supplying the information, or to tamper with, change, alter or destroy any such information while it is in the custody of the Department, except in accordance with programs for processing the information which have been approved by the General Manager of the Department.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord No. 170,600, Eff. 8-11-95.