A. The names of complainants and all information or documents obtained by any officer, employee or agent of the commission, including the shorthand reporter or stenographer transcribing the reporter’s notes, in the course of any examination or investigation are confidential unless the names, information or documents are made a matter of public record. An officer, employee or agent of the commission shall not make the confidential names, information or documents available to anyone other than a member of the commission, another officer or employee of the commission, an agent who is designated by the commission or director, the attorney general or law enforcement or regulatory officials, except pursuant to any rule of the commission or unless the commission or the director authorizes the disclosure of the names, information or documents as not contrary to the public interest.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 44-3300

  • Director: means the director of the securities division of the commission. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Investment adviser: means any person who, for compensation, engages in the business of advising others, either directly or through publications or writings, as to the value of securities or as to the advisability of investing in, purchasing or selling securities or who, for compensation and as a part of a regular business, issues or promulgates analyses or reports concerning securities. See Arizona Laws 44-3101
  • Investment adviser representative: means any partner, officer or director of an investment adviser, any individual who occupies a status or performs functions similar to a partner, officer or director of an investment adviser or any other individual who is employed by or associated with an investment adviser, except clerical or ministerial personnel, and who does any of the following:

    (a) Makes any recommendations or otherwise renders advice regarding securities. See Arizona Laws 44-3101

  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).

B. The commission shall not disclose the home address, home telephone number and social security number of an individual investment adviser or an investment adviser representative unless the commission or the director authorizes the disclosure of the information as not contrary to the public interest.