1. Personal, financial, or health information related to requests for consumer assistance received by the commissioner is a confidential record as defined in section 44-04-17.1.
2. As used in this section, "personal, financial, or health information" means information that would reveal:
a. An individual's personal health condition, disease, or injury;
b. The existence, nature, source, or amount of an individual's personal income;
c. The existence, nature, source, or amount of an individual's personal expenses;
d. Records of or relating to an individual's personal financial transactions of any kind;
e. The existence, identification, nature, or value of an individual's personal assets, liabilities, or net worth;
f. A history of an individual's personal medical diagnosis or treatment;
g. The existence, identification, nature, value, or content of an individual's coverage or status under any insurance policy;
h. An individual's personal contractual rights or obligations; or i. Any social security number, date of birth, file number, bank account number, or other number used for identification of an individual or any account in which an individual has a personal financial interest.
3. The name of a regulated entity that is the subject of a complaint or inquiry is not "personal, financial, or health information" and is not subject to the restrictions in this section.