An information confidentiality officer shall be considered a legal agent of the agency or institution and for the purposes of Sections 25-53-51 through 25-53-59 shall be considered to be an employee of the agency or institution for which he may be processing data at that particular time.
Officer as legal agent and employee of agency or institution for which he is processing data
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-57, under Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-57