Confidentiality and Privacy of CORI
Effective Jun 11, 2021Mass. Register #1445MGL c. 6, § 167A MGL c. 6, § 172 MGL c. 30ADepartment of Criminal Justice Information Services
- (1) A requestor shall not request an individual’s CORI before obtaining that individual’s authorization, except when requesting Open Access CORI. This prohibition does not apply to a request by a criminal justice agency made for an authorized criminal justice purpose.
- (2) Restrictions on access to and dissemination of an individual’s CORI shall terminate upon the individual’s death. Upon request, and with a valid death certificate or reasonable proof of death as determined by DCJIS, any person or entity may access a deceased individual’s entire CORI.