Iowa Admin. Code r. 11-4.1
As used in this chapter:
"Confidential record" means a record that is not available as a matter of right for examination and copying by members of the public under applicable provisions of law. Confidential records include records or information contained in records that the department is prohibited by law from making available for examination by members of the public, and records or information contained in records that are specified as confidential by Iowa Code section 22.7, or other provision of law, but that may be disclosed upon order of a court, the lawful custodian of the record, or by another person duly authorized to release the record. Mere inclusion in a record of information declared confidential by an applicable provision of law does not necessarily make that entire record a confidential record.
"Custodian " means the department, director, or another person lawfully delegated authority by the department to act for the department in implementing Iowa Code chapter 22.
"Department" means the department of administrative services.
"Open record" means a record other than a confidential record.
"Personally identifiable information" or"individual identifiers" means information about or pertaining to an individual in a record which identifies the individual and which is contained in a record system.
"Record" means the whole or a part of a "public record" as defined in Iowa Code section 22.1 that is owned by or in the physical possession of the department.
"Record system " means any group of records under the control of the department from which a record may be retrieved by a personal identifier such as the name of an individual, number, symbol, or other unique retriever assigned to an individual.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 11-4.1