North Dakota Code 53-12.1-11 – Confidentiality of records
1. The following information and records of the lottery are confidential:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 53-12.1-11
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. Source: OCC
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
a. Sales and income tax information, financial statements, and a credit report of a retailer applicant or person seeking or doing business with the lottery, and retailer application information other than the applicant’s name and location; b. Information related to a person owing a debt to the state or having a debt collected through a state agency that is made confidential by another state law or rule; c. Internal control and security procedures, security information on a winning ticket, and information on a bid or contractual data, the disclosure of which is harmful to the efforts of the lottery to contract for goods and services on favorable terms; d. Personal information on a player who purchases an online play or a player who wins a prize on a winning ticket unless the player authorizes, in writing, release of the information; and
e. Non-aggregated, identifiable lottery sales data, the disclosure of which is harmful to the competitive position of the lottery, retailer, or person seeking or doing business with the lottery. However, a retailer may authorize the lottery to release the retailer’s lottery sales data.
2. To be confidential, information must relate to the security and integrity of the lottery.
Information and records may be disclosed within the attorney general’s office or to an authorized person in the proper administration of the lottery law and rules or in accordance with a judicial order. Criminal history record check information on an individual seeking or doing business with the lottery may be released only according to chapter 12-60.