DEFINITIONS

2.1. Accessible means available to the public for inspection and/or copying. 2.2. Account number means numbers, letters, symbols or combinations thereof that identify financial accounts or instruments. Such property includes, but is not limited to, bank accounts, credit union accounts, credit cards, savings bonds, investment accounts, lines of credit, revolving fund accounts, and the like, but does not include up to the last 4 digits of such accounts, provided that no more than half of the account’s digits are disclosed. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.3. Administrative Director means the Administrative Director of the Courts or others acting on the Administrative Director’s behalf. 2.4. ADLRO means the Administrative Driver’s License Revocation Office. 2.5. Bulk information means a volume of data from multiple court or ADLRO electronic records. 2.6. Business hours are the hours the office of the record custodian is open to conduct public business. Business hours are established pursuant to HRS § 78-1.6. Judiciary offices are open 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except State holidays. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.7 . Clerk means Clerk of the Supreme Court and the Chief or Deputy Chief Court Administrators of the trial courts and their subordinates who have custody of court records, and, with regard to the ADLRO, the Administrative Director’s subordinates, who have custody of ADLRO records. 2.8. Compiled information means data derived, selected, aggregated, organized, or reformulated from more than one court or ADLRO record and reported. 2.9. Confidential means not accessible, i.e. not available for public inspection and copying. Synonyms include, but are not limited to, protected, restricted, and sealed. Access to confidential documents is governed by Rule 10.4 of these rules. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.10 . Designated confidential means presented in accordance with Rule 9 of these rules. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.11 . Discrete information means specific data from a particular court or ADLRO record. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.12. Docket means a chronological listing of documents and proceedings for each court or ADLRO record. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.13. Document means pleading, motion, exhibit, order, judgment, decree, or other form of written communication or memorialization whether prepared on paper or electronically, including electronic documents, electronic forms, electronic templates, and electronic reports. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.14. Electronic record means the information and documents maintained for each court or ADLRO case in any of the various Judiciary case management systems and data bases. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.15. Hearing officer means a person designated by the Administrative Director to adjudicate ADLRO cases. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.16. In camera means submitted for a judge’s review. Access to in camera documents is governed by Rule 10.5 of these rules. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.17. Individual means a natural person. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.18. Maintain means to hold, possess, preserve, retain, store, or administratively control. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.19. Personal information means social security numbers, dates of birth (except for traffic citations), names of minor children, bank or investment account numbers, and social service reports. To the extent a social security or account number is required in an accessible document, the last 4 digits may be displayed, provided that no more than half of the social security or account digits are disclosed. To the extent a birthdate is required in an accessible document, the birth year may be displayed. Except as provided in Rule 9.1, to the extent the name of a minor is required in an accessible document, the initials of the minor may be displayed. To the extent a complete social security number, account number, birthdate, or name of a minor child is required for adjudication of a case, the complete number or birthdate shall be submitted in accordance with Rule 9.1 of these rules. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012; further amended September 30, 2024, effective September 30, 2024.) 2.20. Protected means not accessible, i.e. not available for public inspection and copying. Synonyms include, but are not limited to, confidential, restricted, and sealed. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.21. Remote access means the ability to electronically inspect or copy information from an electronic record without the need to physically visit the facility where the record is maintained. 2.22. Requestor means any individual or entity who asks to inspect or copy a record. 2.23. Restricted means not accessible, i.e. not available for public inspection and copying. Synonyms include, but are not limited to, confidential, protected, and sealed. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.24. Sealed means not accessible, i.e. not available for public inspection and copying. Synonyms include, but are not limited to, confidential, protected, and restricted. (Amended June 21, 2012, effective September 1, 2012.) 2.25. Segregate means to excise, remove, or mask confidential information from a record.