2. Information administrators, specified in paragraph 1 of Article 13 of this Law, who possess confidential information, may disseminate it only upon consent of persons, who had limited access to this information; and if there is no such consent – the information may be disseminated only in the interests of national security, economic wellbeing and human rights. Article 8. Secret Information 1. Secret information shall mean information, access to which is limited in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 6 of this Law, and disclosure of which may harm a person, society, and the state. Information that contains state, professional, banking secrets, secrets of pre-trial investigation and other secrets envisaged by the law shall be considered secret. [As amended by Law No. 4652-VI of 13.04.2012] 2. Procedure of access to secret information shall be regulated by this Law and special laws. Article 9. Official Information 1. According to paragraph 2 of Article 6 of this Law the following information may belong to official: 1) information contained in documents of subjects of public authority, which constitute internal official correspondence, memoranda, recommendations if they are connected with development of the activity direction of the institution or performance of control and oversight functions by the bodies of state power, with decision making process and precede public discussion and/or adoption of decisions; 2) information collected in the process of search and detective, counterintelligence activity, in the sphere of the country’s defence and is not classified as state secret. 2. Documents that contain official information shall be assigned a stamp “For Official Use”. Access to such documents shall be provided in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 6 of this Law. 3. Access to the list of information that is official information and is compiled by the bodies of state power, bodies of local self-government, other subjects of public authority, including in execution of delegated powers, may not be limited. Article 10. Access to Information about a Person 1. Each person shall have the right: 1) to know, during collection of information but prior to its use, what information about him and for what purpose is being collected, in what way, by whom and with what purpose it is used, transferred or disseminated, except for instances, established by the law; Translated for the Council of Europe/EU Project “Promotion of European standards in the Ukrainian media environment”. Translation edited by Dmytro Kotlyar. 4