§ 21-U:2 — Definitions

In this chapter:
I. "Agency data" means information originally received, created, or held by a member agency regarding consumer complaints, agency investigations, and agency enforcement actions. For the department of justice, "agency data" means complaint, investigation and enforcement data received, created, or held by the consumer protection and antitrust bureau and does not apply to privileged documents between any agency and the department of justice, nor does it apply to any documents related to an active criminal investigation. "Agency data" does not include any information received from foreign, federal, or state governmental agencies or other third parties that is protected from further disclosure by statute, regulation, or a nondisclosure or non-dissemination agreement entered into by the member agency in possession of the information. "Agency data" does not include records of examination, except to the extent such records are included in an investigation file.
II. "Cooperative information-sharing database" means a shared system designed, developed, or purchased using data standards developed by the member agencies to make complaint data from each member agency accessible to all member agencies.
III. "Interagency group" means the New Hampshire financial services regulators group.
IV. "Member agency" or "member agencies" means the department of justice, the insurance department, the banking department, and the bureau of securities regulation, department of state.
V. "Shared data" means agency data submitted and held within the cooperative information-sharing database.

Legislative History

2012, 241:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2012.