§ 26.1-02-27 — Disclosing nonpublic personal information

North Dakota § 26.1-02-27

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 26.1: Insurance
• Ch. 26.1-02: General Provisions

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1. An insurance company, nonprofit health service corporation, or health maintenance
organization may not disclose to a nonaffiliated third party a customer's nonpublic
personal information contrary to the provisions of title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
[Pub. L. 106-102; 113 Stat. 1436] or contrary to the rules adopted by the commissioner
under this section.
2. The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to carry out this section.
a. The rules must be consistent with and not more restrictive than the model
regulation adopted by the national association of insurance commissioners
entitled "Privacy of Consumer Financial and Health Information Regulation".
b. Notwithstanding subdivision a and subject to the exceptions, including the affiliate
sharing exception provided for in the national association of insurance
commissioners' model regulation, the rules may prohibit the disclosure of
nonpublic personal health and financial information concerning an individual
unless an authorization is obtained from the individual whose nonpublic personal
health and financial information is sought to be disclosed.
c. The rules may not require an insurance company, nonprofit health service
corporation, or health maintenance organization to provide an annual privacy
notice if the insurance company, nonprofit health service corporation, or health
maintenance organization:
(1) Complies with nonaffiliated third-party sharing rules adopted by the
commissioner; and
(2) Has not changed the insurance company's, nonprofit health service
corporation's, or health maintenance organization's policies and practices
with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from the policies
and practices that were disclosed in the most recent notice sent to
consumers.
3. This section does not create a private right of action.