Page 173

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 173 2. The disclosure of information to any person for a purpose as authorized by the taxpayer or claimant pursuant to a waiver of confidentiality. The waiver shall be in writing and shall be notarized; 3. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce may have access to data obtained pursuant to the Employment Security Act of 1980 pursuant to rules promulgated by the Commission. The information obtained shall be held confidential by the Department and any of its agents and shall not be disclosed or be open to public inspection. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce, however, may release aggregated data, either by industry or county, provided that the aggregation meets disclosure requirements of the Commission; 4. The publication of statistics so classified as to prevent the identification of a particular report and the items thereof; 5. The disclosing of information or evidence to the Attorney General or any district attorney when the information or evidence is to be used by the officials or other parties to the proceedings to prosecute or defend allegations of violations of the Employment Security Act of 1980. The information disclosed to the Attorney General or any district attorney shall be kept confidential by them and not be disclosed except when presented to a court in a prosecution of a violation of Section 1-101 et seq. of this title, and a violation by the Attorney General or district attorney by otherwise releasing the information shall be a felony; 6. The furnishing, at the discretion of the Commission, of any information disclosed by the records or files to any official person or body of this state, any other state or of the United States who is concerned with the administration of assessment of any similar tax in this state, any other state or the United States; 7. The furnishing of information to other state agencies for the limited purpose of aiding in the collection of debts owed by individuals to the requesting agencies or the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission; 8. The release of information to employees of the Department of Transportation required for use in federally mandated regional transportation planning, which is performed as a part of its official duties; 9. The release of information to employees of the State Treasurer's office required to verify or evaluate the effectiveness of the Oklahoma Small Business Linked Deposit Program on job creation; 10. The release of information to employees of the Attorney General, the Department of Labor, the Workers' Compensation Commission and the Insurance Department for use in investigation of workers' compensation fraud; 11. The release of information to employees of any state, county, municipal or tribal law enforcement agency for use in