Bill Text: NY S06041 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6041 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the personal information of a credit or debit card holder: adds zip code, email address and home, cell and work telephone numbers to the personal information protected.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S06041 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06041-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6041
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 4, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  the  personal
         information of a credit or debit card holder
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 520-a of the general business law,
    2  as amended by chapter 233 of the laws of 2007, is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    3. No person, firm, partnership or corporation which accepts credit or
    5  debit  cards for the transaction of business shall require the credit or
    6  debit card holder to write OR ELECTRONICALLY  ENTER  on  the  credit  or
    7  debit  card transaction form, nor shall it write [or], cause to be writ-
    8  ten, OR ELECTRONICALLY ENTERED on such form or on any attachment  there-
    9  to,  any  personal identification information, including but not limited
   10  to the credit or debit card  holder's  address  [or],  ZIP  CODE,  EMAIL
   11  ADDRESS  OR  telephone  [number]  NUMBERS, INCLUDING HOME, CELL AND WORK
   12  TELEPHONE NUMBERS, that is not required by  the  credit  or  debit  card
   13  issuer  to  complete  the  credit  or  debit card transaction; provided,
   14  however, that the credit or debit card holder's  address  and  telephone
   15  number  may  be  required [on such form or attachment thereto] where (i)
   16  such information is necessary for shipping, delivery or installation  of
   17  purchased  merchandise  or for special orders; or (ii) the person, firm,
   18  partnership or corporation processes credit or debit  card  transactions
   19  by mailing transaction forms to a designated bankcard center for settle-
   20  ment.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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