§ 6-13-15 - Prohibition against recording credit card or social security numbers on checks. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 6-13-15

   § 6-13-15  Prohibition against recordingcredit card or social security numbers on checks. – It shall be unlawful, during a sale at retail of any goods or merchandise, torecord any credit card or social security number obtained from a purchaser as ameans of identification upon the check of the purchaser tendered for the sale.Any person, firm or corporation that shall violate the provisions of thissection shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars($100). This section does not prohibit any person from requesting productionof, or recording, a credit card number as a condition for cashing or acceptinga check, provided the person has agreed with the credit card issuer to cash oraccept checks from card holders of the issuer, the issuer has agreed toguarantee card holder checks cashed or accepted by that person, and the cardholder has given actual, apparent, or implied authority for the use of his orher card number in the manner and for the purpose described in this section.