§ 52-01-03 — Disclosure of information

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, information obtained from any employing
unit or individual pursuant to the administration of the North Dakota unemployment
compensation law and determinations as to the benefit rights of any individual must be
held confidential and may not be disclosed or be open to public inspection in any

manner revealing the individual's or employing unit's identity. Any claimant or
claimant's legal representative must be supplied with information from the records of
the unemployment insurance division, to the extent necessary for the proper
presentation of the claimant's claim in any proceeding under the North Dakota
unemployment compensation law with respect to the claim.
2. Subject to restrictions as the bureau by rule may prescribe, the information may be
made available to any agency of this or any other state, or any federal agency,
charged with the administration of any unemployment compensation law or the
maintenance of a system of public employment offices, or the bureau of internal
revenue of the United States department of the treasury, and information obtained in
connection with the administration of the employment service may be made available
to persons or agencies for purposes appropriate to the operation of a public
employment service. Upon a request, the bureau shall furnish to any agency of the
United States charged with the administration of public works or assistance through
public employment, and may furnish to any state agency similarly charged, the name,
address, ordinary occupation, and employment status of each recipient of benefits and
the recipient's rights to further benefits under the North Dakota unemployment
compensation law. The bureau may request the comptroller of the currency of the
United States to cause an examination of the correctness of any return or report of any
national banking association, rendered pursuant to the North Dakota unemployment
compensation law, and in connection with the request, may transmit any report or
return to the comptroller of the currency of the United States as provided in
subsection c of section 3305 of the federal Internal Revenue Code. The bureau shall
request and exchange information for purposes of income and eligibility verification to
meet the requirements of section 1137 of the Social Security Act. Job service North
Dakota may enter into memoranda of understanding with the United States census
bureau to furnish unemployment insurance data to the census bureau and for sharing
of information with job service North Dakota.
3. Job service North Dakota may provide workforce safety and insurance, the labor
commissioner, the driver's license division of the department of transportation, the
department of health and human services, the department of commerce, the state tax
commissioner, and the information technology department for purposes of the
statewide longitudinal data system with information obtained pursuant to the
administration of the unemployment insurance program, and may enter into
interagency agreements with those entities for the exchange of information that will
enhance the administration of the unemployment insurance program. Any information
furnished pursuant to this subsection or pursuant to interagency agreements
authorized by this subsection is to be used only for governmental purposes.
4. The bureau may provide any state agency or a private entity with the names and
addresses of employing units for the purpose of jointly publishing or distributing
publications or other information as provided in section 54-06-04.3. Any information so
provided may only be used for the purpose of jointly publishing or distributing
publications or other information as provided in section 54-06-04.3.
5. Whenever the bureau obtains information on the activities of a contractor doing
business in this state of which officials of the secretary of state, workforce safety and
insurance, or the state tax commissioner may be unaware and that may be relevant to
duties of those officials, the bureau shall provide any relevant information to those
officials for the purpose of administering their duties.
6. The bureau shall request and exchange information as required of it under federal law
with any specified governmental agencies. Any information so provided may be used
only for the purpose of administering the duties of such governmental agencies.
7. The bureau shall enter into a data sharing agreement with the attorney general for the
purpose of monitoring individuals who are required to register as sexual offenders or
offenders against children. Under such agreement, the bureau may furnish
unemployment insurance employee or claimant contact information and the names
and addresses of the employers for whom the employee or claimant has worked.

8. Job service North Dakota may enter an interagency agreement with the department of
commerce for the sharing of information obtained pursuant to the administration of the
unemployment insurance program, limited to wage and employment number records
of employers identified by the department of commerce as having received North
Dakota state economic development assistance. Information provided by job service
North Dakota under an agreement may be used only for purposes of evaluation by the
department of commerce of the compliance with statutory or contractual performance
standards established for employers who received North Dakota state economic
development assistance. Information received by the department of commerce under
this subsection shall remain confidential and may not be divulged except in an
aggregate format that does not permit the identification of information of any individual
or employer. Any information furnished pursuant to this subsection or pursuant to
interagency agreements authorized by this subsection is to be used for governmental
purposes.