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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-27-54. Information provided to claimant agency; confidentiality.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-27-54. Information provided to claimant agency; confidentiality.

(a) Notwithstanding Code Section 50-27-29, which prohibits disclosure by the corporation of the contents of prize winner records or information, and notwithstanding any other confidentiality statute, the corporation may provide to a claimant agency all information necessary to accomplish and effectuate the intent of this article.

(b) The information obtained by a claimant agency from the corporation in accordance with this article shall retain its confidentiality and shall only be used by a claimant agency in the pursuit of its debt collection duties and practices. Any employee or prior employee of any claimant agency who unlawfully discloses any such information for any other purpose, except as otherwise specifically authorized by law, shall be subject to the same penalties specified by law for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by an agent or employee of the corporation.

## History

Code 1981, § 50-27-54, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1037, § 2.