Open Records - Guide To Hawaii'S Uniform Information Practices Act - Office Of Information Practices - 2015 Page 55
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69(1) Promote the public interest in disclosure;
(2) Provide for accurate, relevant, timely, and complete government
records;
(3) Enhance governmental accountability through a general policy of
access to government records;
(4) Make government accountable to individuals in the collection, use,
and dissemination of information relating to them; and
(5) Balance the individual privacy interest and the public access
interest, allowing access unless it would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. [L 1988, c 262, pt of §1]
[§92F-3] General defi nitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, in this
chapter:
“Agency” means any unit of government in this State, any county, or any combi-
nation of counties; department; institution; board; commission; district; council;
bureau; offi ce; governing authority; other instrumentality of state or county
government; or corporation or other establishment owned, operated, or managed
by or on behalf of this State or any county, but does not include the nonadminis-
trative functions of the courts of this State.
“Government record” means information maintained by an agency in written,
auditory, visual, electronic, or other physical form.
“Individual” means a natural person.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, government, or governmental sub-
division or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or any
other legal entity.
“Personal record” means any item, collection, or grouping of information about
an individual that is maintained by an agency. It includes, but is not limited to,
the individual’s education, fi nancial, medical, or employment history, or items
that contain or make reference to the individual’s name, identifying number,
symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a fi n-
ger or voice print or a photograph. [L 1988, c 262, pt of §1]
[§92F-4] Funding, services, and other federal assistance. Where compliance
with any provision of this chapter would cause an agency to lose or be denied
funding, services, or other assistance from the federal government, compliance
with that provision shall be waived but only to the extent necessary to protect
eligibility for federal funding, services, or other assistance. [L 1992, c 118, §1]
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