§ 95. Access to records. (1) (a) Each agency subject to the provisions\nof this article, within five business days of the receipt of a written\nrequest from a data subject for a record reasonably described pertaining\nto that data subject, shall make such record available to the data\nsubject, deny such request in whole or in part and provide the reasons\ntherefor in writing, or furnish a written acknowledgement of the receipt\nof such request and a statement of the approximate date when such\nrequest will be granted or denied, which date shall not exceed thirty\ndays from the date of the acknowledgement.\n (b) An agency shall not be required to provide a data subject with\naccess to a record pursuant to this section if:\n (i) the agency does not have the possession of such record;\n (ii) such record cannot be retrieved by use of the data subject's\ndescription thereof, or by use of the name or other identifier of the\ndata subject, without extraordinary search methods being employed by the\nagency; or\n (iii) access to such record is not required to be provided pursuant to\nsubdivision five, six or seven of this section.\n (c) Upon payment of, or offer to pay, the fee prescribed by section\neighty-seven of this chapter, the agency shall provide a copy of the\nrecord requested and certify to the correctness of such copy if so\nrequested. The record shall be made available in a printed form without\nany codes or symbols, unless accompanied by a document fully explaining\nsuch codes or symbols. Upon a data subject's voluntary request the\nagency shall permit a person of the data subject's choosing to accompany\nthe data subject when reviewing and obtaining a copy of a record,\nprovided that the agency may require the data subject to furnish a\nwritten statement authorizing discussion of the record in the\naccompanying person's presence.\n (d) Each agency shall, provided such agency has reasonable means\navailable, accept requests for records submitted through electronic mail\nand shall respond to such requests by electronic mail, using forms, to\nthe extent practicable, consistent with the form or forms developed by\nthe committee on open government, provided that the electronic mail\nrequests do not seek a response in some other form.\n (2) Each agency shall, within thirty business days of receipt of a\nwritten request from a data subject for correction or amendment of a\nrecord or personal information, reasonably described, pertaining to that\ndata subject, which he or she believes is not accurate, relevant, timely\nor complete, either:\n (a) make the correction or amendment in whole or in part, and inform\nthe data subject that upon his or her request such correction or\namendment will be provided to any or all persons or governmental units\nto which the record or personal information has been or is disclosed,\npursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision three of section ninety-four of\nthis article; or\n (b) inform the data subject of its refusal to correct or amend the\nrecord and its reasons therefor.\n (3) Any data subject whose request under subdivision one or two of\nthis section is denied in whole or in part may, within thirty business\ndays, appeal such denial in writing to the head, chief executive or\ngoverning body of the agency, or the person designated as the reviewing\nofficial by such head, chief executive or governing body. Such official\nshall within seven business days of the receipt of an appeal concerning\ndenial of access, or within thirty business days of the receipt of an\nappeal concerning denial of correction or amendment, either provide\naccess to or correction or amendment of the record sought and inform the\ndata subject that, upon his or her request, such correction or amendment\nwill be provided to any or all persons or governmental units to which\nthe record or personal information has been or is disclosed, pursuant to\nparagraph (c) of subdivision three of section ninety-four of this\nar
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