100.545(1)(h)1.1. A social security number or a copy of a social security card issued by the social security administration. 100.545(1)(h)2.2. A certified or official copy of a birth record issued by the entity authorized to issue the birth record. 100.545(1)(h)3.3. A copy of an operator’s license issued under ch. 343 or under a comparable law of another state, an identification card issued under s. 343.50 or under a comparable law of another state, or any other government issued identification. 100.545(2)(2) Exceptions. This section does not apply to the use of a protected consumer’s credit report or record by any of the following: 100.545(2)(a)(a) A person administering a credit file monitoring subscription service to which the protected consumer has subscribed or the representative of the protected consumer has subscribed on behalf of the protected consumer. 100.545(2)(b)(b) A person providing the protected consumer or the protected consumer’s representative with a copy of the protected consumer’s credit report on request of the protected consumer or the protected consumer’s representative. 100.545(2)(d)(d) An insurance company for the purpose of conducting its ordinary business. 100.545(2)(e)(e) A consumer reporting agency’s database or file that consists of information concerning, and used for, one or more of the following, but not for credit granting purposes: 100.545(3)(a)(a) A consumer reporting agency shall place a security freeze for a protected consumer if the consumer reporting agency receives a request from the protected consumer’s representative for the placement of the security freeze and the protected consumer’s representative does all of the following: 100.545(3)(a)1.1. Submits the request to the consumer reporting agency at the address or other point of contact and in the manner specified by the consumer reporting agency. 100.545(3)(a)2.2. Provides to the consumer reporting agency sufficient proof of identification of the protected consumer and the representative. 100.545(3)(a)3.3. Provides to the consumer reporting agency sufficient proof of authority to act on behalf of the protected consumer. 100.545(3)(b)(b) If a consumer reporting agency does not have a file pertaining to a protected consumer when the consumer reporting agency receives a request under par. (a), the consumer reporting agency shall create a record for the protected consumer. Upon receiving the request, the consumer reporting agency shall verify that no file pertains to the protected consumer by checking for existing files relating to the protected consumer’s name and social security number and for existing files relating only to the protected consumer’s social security number. A record created under this paragraph may not be used to consider the protected consumer’s creditworthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living. 100.545(3)(c)(c) Within 30 days after receiving a request that meets the requirements of par. (a), a consumer reporting agency shall place a security freeze for the protected consumer. 100.545(3)(d)(d) Unless a security freeze for a protected consumer is removed in accordance with sub. (4) or (6), a consumer reporting agency may not release the protected consumer’s credit report, any information derived from the protected consumer’s credit report, or any record created for the protected consumer. 100.545(3)(e)(e) A security freeze for a protected consumer placed under par. (c) remains in effect until one of the following occurs: 100.545(3)(e)1.1. The protected consumer or the protected consumer’s representative requests the consumer reporting agency to remove the security freeze in accordance with sub. (4). 100.545(4)(a)(a) If a protected consumer or a protected consumer’s representative wishes to remove a security freeze for the protected consumer, the protected consumer or the protected consumer’s representative shall do all of the following: 100.545(4)(a)1.1. Submit a request for the removal of the security freeze to the consumer reporting agency at the address or other point of contact and in the manner specified by the consumer reporting agency. 100.545(4)(a)2.2. Provide to the consumer reporting agency sufficient proof of identification of the protected consumer and one of the following: