The free and unrestricted access of the person to any information of public interest, defined as such by this law, constitutes one of the fundamental principles of the relations between individuals and public authorities, in accordance with the Constitution of Romania and the documents and international agreements ratified by the Parliament of Romania. Public authority or institution means any authority or public institution that uses or administers public financial resources, any autonomous management, company under the authority or, as the case may be, in the coordination or subordination of a central or local public authority and in which the Romanian state or, as the case may be, an administrative territorial unit is the sole shareholder or majority, as well as any operator or regional operator. Also, political parties, sports federations and non-governmental organizations of public utility, which benefit from funding from public money, are subject to the provisions of this law. By information of public interest is understood any information that concerns the activities or results from the activities of a public authority or public institution, regardless of the support or the form or way of expressing the information. Provision by authorities and public institutions of access to information of public interest is done ex officio or upon request, through the department for public relations or the person designated for this purpose. In order to ensure the access of any person to information of public interest, public authorities and institutions have the obligation to organize specialized departments of information and public relations or to designate persons with attributions in this field. Public authorities and institutions have the obligation to make available to interested persons the privatization contracts concluded after the entry into force of this law, through consultation at their headquarters. Any person has the right to request and obtain from public authorities and institutions, under the terms of this law, information of public interest. Public authorities and institutions are obliged to provide individuals, at their request, with the information of public interest requested in writing or verbally. It is exempted from the free access of citizens the following information: (a) information in the field of national defense, security and public order, if they are part of the categories of classified information, according to the law; (b) information regarding the deliberations of the authorities, as well as those regarding economic interests and political information of Romania, if they are part of the category of classified information, according to the law; (c) information regarding commercial or financial activities, if their publicity affects intellectual or industrial property rights, as well as the principle of fair competition; (d) information regarding personal data, according to the law; (e) information regarding the procedure during the criminal proceedings in electronic format; (f) confidential information or the life, bodily integrity, or health of a person are endangered as a result of the investigation carried out or in progress; (g) information on judicial proceedings, if their publicity harms the provision of a fair trial or the legitimate interest of any of the parties involved in the trial ;and (h) the information the publication of which prejudices the measures for the protection of young people.