044-25 Wyo. Code R. §§ 25-6 - Categories of Non-Disclosable Records

Without limiting records which may be deemed confidential, the following records shall be treated accordingly:

(a) Investigatory files compiled for law enforcement purposes. Unless the Department determines otherwise, no data or information contained in investigatory files compiled for law enforcement purposes will be made available for public disclosure until a decision has been made not to institute informal or formal enforcement action or, if instituted, until such action is completed. Before the investigatory file is made available for disclosure it shall first have information which remains confidential under these rules or other applicable law redacted.

(b) Trade secrets and confidential data or information;

(i) Data and information which are submitted to the Department or contained in any records of the Department and which constitute trade secrets or which are confidential are not available for public disclosure. Such data and information will be deleted from any documents that are otherwise available for public disclosure before they are furnished to the public.

(ii) A trade secret may consist of any compilation of information which is used in one's business and which gives him an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors who do not know or use it.

(iii) Confidential data or information includes trade secrets and other valuable data or information of a type customarily held in strict confidence or regarded as privileged and not disclosed to the public by the person to whom it belongs.

(c) Records prepared by others (e.g. medical records, credit reports, police reports) shall not be released unless it is first determined that the record has become a public record of the Wyoming Insurance Department subject to disclosure.

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044-25 Wyo. Code R. §§ 25-6