(a) A person doing business, including the business of government, may not disclose an individual's social security number to a third party.


(b) The prohibition in (a) of this section does not apply if


(1) the disclosure is authorized by local, state, or federal law, including a regulation adopted under AS 45.48.470
;


(2) the person is engaging in the business of government and


(A) is authorized by law to disclose the individual's social security number; or


(B) the disclosure of the individual's social security number is required for the performance of the person's duties or responsibilities as provided by law;


(3) the disclosure is to a person subject to or for a transaction regulated by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act, and the disclosure is for a purpose authorized by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act or to facilitate a transaction of the individual;


(4) the disclosure is to a person subject to or for a transaction regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the disclosure is for a purpose authorized by the Fair Credit Reporting Act;


(5) the disclosure is part of a report prepared by a consumer credit reporting agency in response to a request by a person and the person submits the social security number as part of the request to the consumer credit reporting agency for the preparation of the report; or


(6) the disclosure is for a background check on the individual, identity verification, fraud prevention, medical treatment, law enforcement or other government purposes, or the individual's employment, including employment benefits.