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NRS 603A.040

“Personal information” defined

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case CLARK CTY. SCHOOL DIST. VS. LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL (2018)

Most recently applied in WHITFIELD VS. NEV. STATE PERS. COMM'N (July 2021)

(Added to NRS by 2005, 2504; A 2005, 22nd Special Session, 109; 2007, 1314; 2011, 2411; 2015, 241)

1. “Personal information” means a natural person’s first name or first initial and last name in combination with any one or more of the following data elements, when the name and data elements are not encrypted:

(a) Social security number.

(b) Driver’s license number, driver authorization card number or identification card number.

(c) Account number, credit card number or debit card number, in combination with any required security code, access code or password that would permit access to the person’s financial account.

(d) A medical identification number or a health insurance identification number.

(e) A user name, unique identifier or electronic mail address in combination with a password, access code or security question and answer that would permit access to an online account.

2. The term does not include the last four digits of a social security number, the last four digits of a driver’s license number, the last four digits of a driver authorization card number or the last four digits of an identification card number or publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the general public from federal, state or local governmental records.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.