The provisions of this act do not apply to the use of a consumer credit report by any of the following:
1. A person or entity, or a subsidiary, affiliate, or agent of that person or entity, or an assignee of a financial obligation owed by the consumer to that person or entity, or a prospective assignee of a financial obligation owed by the consumer to that person or entity in conjunction with the proposed purchase of the financial obligation, with which the consumer has or had prior to assignment an account or contract including a demand deposit account, or to whom the consumer issued a negotiable instrument, for the purposes of reviewing the account or collecting the financial obligation owed for the account, contract, or negotiable instrument. For purposes of this paragraph, "reviewing the account" includes activities related to account maintenance, monitoring, credit line increases, and account upgrades and enhancements;
2. A subsidiary, affiliate, agent, assignee, or prospective assignee of a person to whom access has been granted for purposes of facilitating the extension of credit or other permissible use;
3. Any state or local agency, law enforcement agency, trial court, or private collection agency acting pursuant to a court order, warrant, or subpoena;
4. A child support agency acting pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act;
5. The state or its agents or assigns acting to investigate fraud or acting to investigate or collect delinquent taxes or unpaid court orders or to fulfill any of its other statutory responsibilities, provided such responsibilities are consistent with a permissible purpose under Section 1681b of Title 15 of the United States Code;
6. The use of credit information for the purposes of prescreening as provided for by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act;
7. Any person or entity administering a credit file monitoring subscription or similar service to which the consumer has subscribed;
8. Any person or entity for the purpose of providing a consumer with a copy of his or her consumer report or credit score upon the request of the consumer; or
9. Any person using the information in connection with the underwriting of insurance.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 283, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.