54-16-3. Application of chapter. This chapter does not apply to the use of a protected consumer's credit report or record by:

(1) A person administering a credit file monitoring subscription service to which the protected consumer has subscribed or the representative of the protected consumer has subscribed on behalf of the protected consumer;

(2) A person providing the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative with a copy of the protected consumer's credit report on request of the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative; or

(3) A check services or fraud prevention services company that issues reports on incidents of fraud or authorizations for the purpose of approving or processing negotiable instruments, electronic funds transfers, or similar payment methods;

(4) A deposit account information service company that issues reports regarding account closures due to fraud, substantial overdrafts, automated teller machine abuse, or similar negative information regarding a consumer to inquiring financial institutions for use only in reviewing a consumer request for a deposit account at the inquiring financial institution;

(5) An insurance company for the purpose of conducting its ordinary business;

(6) A consumer reporting agency that acts only to resell credit information by assembling and merging information contained in a database of one or more consumer reporting agencies and does not maintain a permanent database of credit information from which new credit reports are produced; and

(7) A consumer reporting agency's database that consists of information used for criminal record information, fraud prevention or detection, personal loss history information, or employment, tenant, or individual background screening, but not for credit granting services.Source: SL 2016, ch 230, § 3.