Encrypt or Encryption As defined in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Security Rule at 45 CFR § 164.304, encrypt means the use of an algorithmic process to transform Personally Identifiable Information into an unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable form in which there is a low probability of assigning meaning without use of a confidential process or key. - Release: Shall have the same meaning as Disclose - LEA: As used in this DPA and all Exhibits, the term LEA shall mean the educational agency, as defined in Education Law Section 2-d, that has executed the DPA; if the LEA is a board of cooperative educational services, then the term LEA shall also include Participating School Districts for purposes of the following provisions of the DPA: Article I, Section 2; Article II, Sections 1 and 3; and Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Article III.