Maine Revised Statutes Title 5. Administrative Procedures and Services § 13212. Confidential records

1. Definition. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, “proprietary information” means information that is:

2. Information public unless designated as confidential; proprietary information. Information provided to or developed by the corporation and included in a business or marketing plan is considered a public record unless the person to whom the information belongs or pertains requests that it be designated as confidential and the corporation determines that it contains proprietary information, in which case it is not a public record under Title 1, section 402, subsection 3, paragraph A.

3. Tax or financial information. Any financial statement or supporting data of a financial statement or tax return of any person is confidential.

4. Credit assessment. Any record obtained by the corporation that contains an assessment of the creditworthiness, credit rating or financial condition of any person is confidential.

This section does not prohibit the disclosure of information that is otherwise publicly available.