STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1635

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 93
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred
S.C.R. No. 93, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY REGARDING
     THE ISSUE OF PERSONAL PRIVACY AND COMMERCIAL USE OF PERSONAL
     INFORMATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Concurrent Resolution is to request the
Office of Information Practices to study the issue of personal
privacy and the commercial use of personal information, and
recommend legislation to protect privacy without unduly burdening
business and free speech rights.

     Your Committee finds that the business of collecting and
using personal information is one of the fastest-growing
industries in the world, and that the individual whose
information is being collected rarely has full knowledge and
control over how that information is collected and used.  While
legislation has been introduced to give the individual some
control over the individual's own information, it has been
sidetracked by competing concerns of free speech rights and an
undue burden on business.  The study requested of the Office of
Information Practices will give the Legislature the necessary
information to draft implementing legislation that is fair and as

 
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minimally burdensome as possible, while providing the significant
level of protection to the public.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 93,
S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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