Assembly Bill A9048

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the personal information of a credit or debit card holder

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A9048 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6041
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §520-a, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7284, S1420
2015-2016: A1121
2017-2018: A5243, A7915
2019-2020: A5982
2021-2022: A1370

2011-A9048 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2011-A9048 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9048

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. N. RIVERA, CRESPO, ARROYO, CASTRO, CAMARA, MOYA,
  LINARES, J. RIVERA, MENG, STEVENSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
  BARRON,  BROOK-KRASNY,  DenDEKKER, HOOPER, JACOBS, JEFFRIES, KAVANAGH,
  PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, RAMOS, P. RIVERA, ROBINSON, RODRIGUEZ, SIMOTAS,
  TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Consumer  Affairs
  and 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:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 520-a of the general business law,
as  amended  by  chapter  233 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. No person, firm, partnership or corporation which accepts credit or
debit cards for the transaction of business shall require the credit  or
debit  card  holder  to  write  OR ELECTRONICALLY ENTER on the credit or
debit card transaction form, nor shall it write [or], cause to be  writ-
ten,  OR ELECTRONICALLY ENTERED on such form or on any attachment there-
to, any personal identification information, including but  not  limited
to  the  credit  or  debit  card  holder's address [or], ZIP CODE, EMAIL
ADDRESS OR telephone [number] NUMBERS, INCLUDING  HOME,  CELL  AND  WORK
TELEPHONE  NUMBERS,  that  is  not  required by the credit or debit card
issuer to complete the  credit  or  debit  card  transaction;  provided,
however,  that  the  credit or debit card holder's address and telephone
number may be required [on such form or attachment  thereto]  where  (i)
such  information is necessary for shipping, delivery or installation of
purchased merchandise or for special orders; or (ii) the  person,  firm,
partnership  or  corporation processes credit or debit card transactions
by mailing transaction forms to a designated bankcard center for settle-
ment.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13733-02-2

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