§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]