(a) Except as otherwise authorized under this article, a licensee may not disclose, directly or through any affiliate, any nonpublic personal financial information about a consumer to a nonaffiliated third party unless:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-301

  • Affiliate: means any company that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • Consumer: means an individual, or that individual's legal representative, who seeks to obtain, obtains, or has obtained an insurance product or service from a licensee that is to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, and about whom the licensee has nonpublic personal information. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • Nonaffiliated third party: means any person except:

    (1) A licensee's affiliate; or

    (2) A person employed jointly by a licensee and any company that is not the licensee's affiliate; provided that for purposes of this paragraph, a nonaffiliated third party includes the other company that jointly employs the person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102

(1) The licensee has provided to the consumer an initial notice as required under § 431:3A-201;
(2) The licensee has provided to the consumer an opt out notice as required under § 431:3A-204;
(3) The licensee has given the consumer a reasonable opportunity, before it discloses the information to the nonaffiliated third party, to opt out of the disclosure; and
(4) The consumer does not opt out.
(b) A licensee shall comply with this section, whether or not the licensee and the consumer have established a customer relationship. If a licensee fails to comply with this section, the licensee may not disclose, directly or through any affiliate, any nonpublic personal financial information about a consumer that the licensee has collected, whether or not the licensee collected it before or after receiving the direction to opt out from the consumer.
(c) A licensee may allow a consumer to select certain nonpublic personal financial information or certain nonaffiliated third parties with respect to which the consumer wishes to opt out.