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SI3.0:4 RIGETS OF SUBJECTS OF DATA 1 Subdivision L Type of data. The rights of individuals on whom the data is stored or to be stored shall be as set forth in this section. Subd. Z. Information , %pdred to be given individual- An individual asked to supply private or confidential data concerning himself shall be informed of: (a) the purpose and intended use of the requested data within the collecting state agency, political subdivision, or statewide system; (b) whether he may refuse or is legally required t) supply the requested data; (c) any known consequence arising from his supplying or refusing to supply private or confidential data; and (d) the identity of other Der_ons or entities authorized by state or federal law to receive the data. This rc :nt shall not apply when an individual is asked to supply investigative - .ta, pL to section 13.8:, subdivision 5, to a law enforcement officer. The commissioner of revenue may Dlace the notice required under this subdivision in the individual income tax or DroDerty tax re and instructions instead o on those forms. Subd.3. Access to data by individual. Upon request to a responsible authority, an individual shall be informed whether he is the subject of stored data on individuals, and whether it is classified as public, prive— or ec " ,itial. Upcn his further request, an individual who is the subject of stc .rivate o: public data on individuals shall be shown the data without any charge tc, rum and, if he desires, shall Se informed of the content and meaning of that data. After an individual has been shown the private data and informed of its meaning, the data need not be disclosed to him for six months thereafter unless a dispute or action pursuant to this section is pending or additional data on the individual has been collected or created. The responsible authority shall provide copies of the private or public data upon request by the individual subject of the data. The responsible authority may require the requesting person to pay the actual costs of making, certifying, and compiling the coDies. The responsible authority shall comply immeds.. , , if possible, with any request made pursuant to this subdivision, or within five days of the date of the request, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, if immediate compliance is not possible. If he cannot comply with the request within that time, he shall so inform the individual, and may have an additional five days within which to comply with the request, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. Subd. 4. Procedure whe. 'vra is no! agate or complete. An individual may contest the accuracy or completeness of public or private data concerning himself. To exercise this right, an individual shall notify in writing the responsible authority describing the nature of the disagreement. The responsible authority shall within 30 days either: (a) correct the data found to be inaccurate or incomplete and attempt to notify past recipients of inaccurat4 or incomplete data, including recipients names: by the inn' wldu4l; or (b) notify the individual t11at he believes the data to be correct. Data in dispute shall be disclosed only if thr d�vidunl`s statement of disagreement is included with the disclosed data. The determination of the responsible a—,i-rity -nay be appealed pursuant to the pro -°-�o%s cf the administrative pros, e•�: relating to contested cases.