§486J-6 - Confidential information.

     §486J-6  Confidential information.  (a)  Confidential commercial information provided to the commission pursuant to this chapter that is exempt from public disclosure under section 92F-13 shall be held in confidence by the commission or aggregated to the extent necessary in the commission's discretion to ensure confidentiality as required by chapter 92F.

     (b)  No data or information submitted to the commission shall be deemed confidential if it is shown that the person submitting the information or data has made it public.

     (c)  Unless otherwise provided by law, with respect to data that the commission obtains or is provided pursuant to section 486J-3, 486J-4, 486J-4.5, or 486J-5, neither the commission nor any employee of the commission may do any of the following:

     (1)  Use the information furnished or obtained for any purpose other than the purposes for which it is supplied;

     (2)  Make any publication whereby the data furnished by any person can be identified; or

     (3)  Permit any person other than the commission, the department of taxation, the attorney general, the consumer advocate, the department of business, economic development, and tourism, and the authorized representatives and employees of each to examine the individual reports or statements provided. [L 1997, c 257, pt of §2; am L 2002, c 77, §4; am L 2006, c 78, §8; am L 2007, c 182, §7]