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Opinion Letter No. 92-08
July 16, 1992
Veterans’ Personal Data
State agencies may not disclose to the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) the name, ethnicity,
and home address of each veteran who resides in the State because
the disclosure of this information
would constitute a "clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy" under the UIPA. Further, the
inter-agency disclosure of this confidential information to the
VA is not authorized by section 92F-19,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, which permits disclosure of protected information
to federal government
agencies only under limited circumstances. In contrast, the OIP
concluded that State and county
agencies may disclose this information to the State Office of Veterans
Services (OVS) under section
92F-19(a)(3), Hawaii Revised Statutes, because such disclosure is
reasonably proper for the
performance of the OVS’ express statutory duties.
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