DWD 149.02(2)(c)(c) Any unemployment insurance record that has been screened to prevent identification of the individual or employing unit that is the subject of the record or which could foreseeably be combined with other publicly available information to reveal any identifying particulars of an individual or employing unit. DWD 149.02(4)(4) The department shall notify every claimant at the time of application and periodically thereafter that confidential unemployment insurance information pertaining to the claimant may be requested and used for other governmental purposes, including verification of eligibility for other government programs. DWD 149.02(5)(5) The department shall notify every employer subject to ch. 108, Stats., annually that wage information and other confidential unemployment insurance information may be requested and used for other governmental purposes, including verification of an individual’s eligibility for other government programs. DWD 149.02 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, May, 1993, No. 449, eff. 6-1-93; CR 08-019: r. and recr. Register July 2008 No. 631, eff. 8-1-08; CR 18-033: am. (2) (b) Register May 2019 No. 761, eff. 6-1-19. DWD 149.03DWD 149.03 Disclosure of records to individuals, employing units, their agents, and authorized third parties. DWD 149.03(1)(1) Claimants and employing units. Except as otherwise provided under s. DWD 140.09, the department shall make the following records available to the following persons upon request: DWD 149.03(1)(a)(a) An unemployment insurance record concerning an individual is available to that individual. DWD 149.03(1)(b)(b) An unemployment insurance record concerning an individual’s work for an employing unit is available to that employing unit. DWD 149.03(1)(c)(c) An unemployment insurance record concerning a determination to which an employing unit is identified as a party of interest under s. 108.09, Stats., is available to that employing unit. DWD 149.03(1)(d)(d) An unemployment insurance record concerning an employing unit’s status or liability under ch. 108, Stats., is available to that employing unit. DWD 149.03(2)(a)(a) The department may disclose an unemployment insurance record to an attorney or agent of an individual or employing unit under sub. (1), only if the attorney or agent furnishes a written statement from the individual or employing unit authorizing release of the record or if the department verifies that the attorney or agent represents the individual or employing unit. DWD 149.03(2)(b)(b) An elected official or the elected official’s staff assistant is an agent when acting in response to a constituent’s inquiry about an unemployment insurance issue. The department may release only that portion of the records relating solely to the requesting constituent’s case. DWD 149.03(2)(c)(c) A union representative is an agent when acting for a claimant. DWD 149.03(3)(a)(a) The department may disclose an unemployment insurance record to an authorized third party that is not an agent of an individual or employing unit if the third party provides a written release signed by the individual or employing unit to whom the information pertains. The release shall contain the following information: DWD 149.03(3)(a)4.4. A statement that the information obtained under the release will be used only for the purpose provided under subd. 2. DWD 149.03(3)(a)5.5. A statement that the department’s unemployment insurance files will be accessed to obtain the information. DWD 149.03(3)(b)(b) The department may disclose an unemployment insurance record under this subsection only if the purpose specified under par. (a) 2. is limited to one or more of the following: DWD 149.03(3)(b)1.1. Providing a service to the individual such that the individual expects to receive a benefit as a result of signing the release. DWD 149.03(3)(b)2.2. Carrying out administration or evaluation of a public program to which the release pertains. DWD 149.03 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, May, 1993, No. 449, eff. 6-1-93; am. (1) (intro.) and (2), Register, September, 2000, No. 537, eff. 10-1-00; CR 08-019: am. (title), (1) (a) to (d) and (2), cr. (2) (b) and (c), r. and recr. (3) Register July 2008 No. 631, eff. 8-1-08.