AI-assisted research summary: Some department records must be kept confidential, unless a court orders otherwise or an authorized person releases them.
The records of the department under this chapter shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 22, provided that, in addition to records that may be kept confidential pursuant to section 22.7, the following records shall be kept confidential, unless otherwise ordered by a court, by the lawful custodian of the records, or by another person duly authorized to release such information: 1. Marketing plans, research data, and proprietary intellectual property owned or held by the department for purposes of this chapter under contractual agreements. 2. Personnel, vendor, and player social security or tax identification numbers. 3. Computer system hardware, software, functional and system specifications, and game play data files. 4. Security records pertaining to investigations and intelligence-sharing information between lottery security staff and those of other lotteries and law enforcement agencies, the security portions or segments of lottery requests for proposals, proposals by vendors to conduct lottery operations, and records of the security division of the department under this chapter pertaining to game security data, ticket validation tests, and processes. 5. Player name and address lists, provided that the names and addresses of prize winners shall not be withheld. 6. Operational security measures, systems, or procedures and building plans. 7. Security reports and other information concerning bids or other contractual data, the disclosure of which would impair the efforts of the department to contract for goods or services on favorable terms under this chapter. 8. Information that is otherwise confidential obtained pursuant to investigations as provided in section 99G.35. 9. Ticket order history; ticket inventory; or any records that if disclosed could impair or adversely impact the security, integrity, or fairness of a lottery game or the security of lottery retailers. 2003 Acts, ch 178, §87, 121; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §142; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §21; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2339, 2340; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §109; 2025 Acts, ch 12, §11 Referred to in §99G.41 NEW subsection 9