Public

Public includes:


 * Any person and any for-profit or nonprofit entity, organization, or association;
 * Any governmental entity for which there is no existing specific law authorizing access to a government agency’s information;
 * Media organizations; and
 * Entities that seek, receive, or disseminate information for whatever reason, regardless of whether it is done with the intent of making a profit, and without distinction as to the nature or intent of those requesting information from the agency.

Public does not include:


 * Employees of a government agency;
 * People or entities, private or governmental, who assist the agency in the operation of the justice information system, and agency in the operation of the justice information system; and
 * Public agencies whose authority to access information gathered and retained by the agency is specified in law.

Source
U.S. Justice Department, Justice Information Privacy Guideline - Developing, Drafting and Assessing Privacy Policy for Justice Information Systems, Glossary (Sept. 2002).