Sec. 42-133hh. Restriction on information that may be printed on credit and debit card receipts. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 42-133hh. Restriction on information that may be printed on credit and debit card receipts. (a) For the purposes of this section, "person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, organization or other entity, but does not include the state or any political subdivision of the state, or any agency thereof.

      (b) On and after January 1, 2005, no person who accepts credit cards or debit cards for the transaction of business may print on a receipt provided to the cardholder (1) more than the last five digits of the credit card or debit card account number, or (2) the expiration date of the credit card or debit card.

      (c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section apply only to receipts that are electronically printed and do not apply to transactions in which the sole means of recording the cardholder's credit card or debit card account number is by handwriting or by an imprint or copy of the credit card or debit card.

      (d) Any person who wilfully violates the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for a first offense and not more than five hundred dollars for a second offense, and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both, for each subsequent offense.

      (P.A. 03-156, S. 12.)