(1) Neither the commissioner, the commissioner's deputy, nor any other person appointed by the commissioner shall divulge any information acquired in the discharge of the person's duties; except that:

(a) A person specified in the introductory portion to this subsection (1) may divulge information acquired in the discharge of the person's duties if doing so is made necessary by law or under order of court in an action involving the division of financial services or in criminal actions;

(b) Any party entitled to appear in a hearing on an application for a savings and loan association charter or approval of a merger of savings and loan associations shall have access to the applicant's proposed articles or amended articles of incorporation, application for charter, and proposed bylaws;

(c) The commissioner may furnish information as to the condition of a savings and loan association to the federal office of thrift supervision or its successors, a federal home loan bank, the savings and loan departments of other states, an insurer authorized to insure obligations or accounts pursuant to articles 40 to 47 of this title, the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies, or the division of banking;

(d) The commissioner may give records or information in the commissioner's possession to a licensing agency within the department of regulatory agencies relating to possible misconduct by a person or entity licensed by said agency;

(e) The board, the commissioner, and their respective designees may exchange information obtained by the division of financial services as to possible criminal violations of law relating to the activities of a savings and loan association with the appropriate law enforcement agencies; and

(f) Notwithstanding any provision contained in this article to the contrary, the commissioner, the commissioner's deputies, or other persons appointed by the commissioner may disclose any information in the records of the division of financial services or acquired in the discharge of the person's duties that is available from the federal office of thrift supervision or its successors or the disclosure of which has been specifically authorized by the board of directors of the association to which such information relates. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the board of directors of an association to waive any privileges that belong solely to the financial services board, the division of financial services, or its employees.