report of a consumer only in the following cases: (i) Upon consumer request. (ii) The security freeze was placed due to a material misrepresentation of fact by the consumer. (B) Notice if removal not by request If a consumer reporting agency intends to remove a security freeze with respect to a consumer, and is not doing so at the request of the consumer, the consumer reporting agency shall notify the consumer in writing prior to removing the security freeze. (C) Third-party requests If a third party requests access to a consumer report of a consumer with respect to which a security freeze is in effect, where such request is in connection with an application for credit or any other use, and the consumer does not allow such consumer report to be accessed, the third party may treat the application as incomplete. (5) Removal of freeze by consumer request A security freeze shall remain in place until the consumer requests, using a method of contact designated by the consumer reporting agency, that the security freeze be removed. A consumer reporting agency shall remove a security freeze within 3 business days of receiving such a request for removal from the consumer, who provides along with it— (A) proper identification