Delaware Code Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 6594. Definitions

(1) “Correctional officer” means any active, formerly-active, or retired individual who serves or served as a correctional officer or a probation and parole officer with the Department of Correction.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Correction.

(3) “Family” means as defined in § 901 of Title 10.

(4) “Government agency” includes all agencies, authorities, boards, commissioner, departments, institutions, offices, and any other bodies of this State created by the Constitution or statute, whether in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch;  all units and corporate outgrowths created by executive order of the Governor or any constitutional officer, by the Supreme Court, or by resolution of the General Assembly;  and agencies, authorities, boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other bodies politic and corporate of a unit of local government, or school district.

(5) “Home address” includes a correctional officer's permanent residence and any secondary residence affirmatively identified by the correctional officer, but does not include a correctional officer's work address.

(6) “Online privacy vendor” means a company that specializes in or offers services that continuously conduct a basic search and removal of personal information from people finding and database websites.

(7) “Person” means as defined in § 302 of Title 1.

(8) “Personal information” means a home address, home telephone number, mobile telephone number, direct telephone number to a correctional officer's private office, personal e-mail address, Social Security number, federal tax identification number, checking and savings account numbers, credit or debit card numbers, birth or marital records, property tax records, and identity of children under the age of 18.

(9) “Publicly available content” means any written, printed, or electronic document or record that provides information or that serves as a document or record maintained, controlled, or in the possession of a government agency that may be obtained by any person, from the Internet, from the government agency upon request either free of charge or for a fee, or in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 100 of Title 29).

(10) “Publicly post” or “publicly display” means to intentionally communicate or otherwise make available to the general public.

(11) “Written request” means written notice signed by a correctional officer or a representative of the correctional officer's employer requesting a government agency or person to refrain from posting or displaying publicly available content that includes the personal information of the correctional officer or of their family.