Freedom of the Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation No ... 3 of 23 8) a) http://www.ethiopian-law.com/federal-laws/substantive-law-legislations... “Personal Information” means information about an identifiable individual, including, but not limited to information relating to the medical, educational or the academic, employment , professional or criminal history, of the individual or information relating to financial transactions in which the individual has been involved; b) information relating to the ethinic, national or social origin, age, pregnancy, maritial status colour, sexual orientation, ,physical or mental health, well-being, disability, religion, belief, conscience, culture, language or birth of the individual; c) information relating to any identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual, the address, fingerprints or blood type of the individual; d) the personal opinions, views or preferences of the individual, except where they are about another individual or about a proposal for a grant, an award or a prize to be made to another individual; e) the views or opinions of another individual about a proposal for a grant, an award or a prize to be made to the individual, but excluding the name of the other individual where it appears with the views or opinions of the other individual; f) g) the views or opinions of another individual about the individual or, the name of the individual where it appears with other personal information relating to the individual or where the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the individual, but excluding information about a person who passed away before 20 years, 9) “Third Party”, means any person other than the requester or the public body to which the request is made and includes a foreign government, organization, an international organization or an organ of that government or organization 10) “Hostile or Subversive Activities” means: a) aggression against the country; b) any act of sabotage or terrorism aimed at the people or a strategic interest of the country whether inside or outside the country; c) d) any activity aimed at changing the constitutional order by the use of force or violence; or any foreign or hostile intelligence operation 11) “Editor-in-chief” means the person who, pursuant to Article 6 of this Proclamation exercises excllusive editorial control. 12) “Publisher” means any person who, represents, owns or has a substantial proprietary interest in a mass media or carries on the business of management of a mass media. 13) “Printer” means any person who has been appointed by or enters into a contract with a publisher for the purpose of printing any printing matters. 14) “Distributor” means any person who has appointed by or enters into a contract with the publisher for the purpose of wholesale distribution of printing matters. 15) “Importer” means any person who imports mass media products from abroad with a view to distribute them in Ethiopia or who is an agent of foreign publications circulated in Ethiopia. Translate Share My Bookmarks 10/01/2011 4:15 PM