As used in this chapter, the term: “Attorney General” means the Attorney General or his or her designee. “Business” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, or other group, however organized and whether or not organized to operate at a profit. The term includes a financial institution organized, chartered, or holding a license or authorization […]
A business may not discard a record containing personal information unless it: Shreds the customer’s record before discarding the record; Erases the personal information contained in the customer’s record before discarding the record; Modifies the customer’s record to make the personal information unreadable before discarding the record; or Takes actions that it reasonably believes will […]
A merchant who accepts a payment card for the transaction of business shall not print more than five digits of the payment card’s account number or print the payment card’s expiration date on a receipt provided to the cardholder. This subsection applies only to receipts described in subsection (b) of this Code section and does […]
No person shall use a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card with the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user’s payment card, or a merchant. No person shall use a reencoder to […]
The Attorney General shall be authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Attorney General shall have the authority to investigate alleged violations of this chapter, including all investigative powers available under the “Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,” Code Section 10-1-390, et seq., including, but not limited to, the power to issue investigative […]
If the Attorney General determines, after notice and hearing, that a business has violated Code Section 10-15-2, the Attorney General may issue an administrative order imposing a penalty of not more than $500.00 for each customer’s record that contains personal information that is wrongfully disposed of or discarded; provided, however, in no event shall the […]
A violation of Code Section 10-15-4 shall be punishable by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years or a fine not to exceed $10,000.00, or both. Any person who commits a violation for the second or any subsequent offense shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three nor more […]
