§ 50-669a — Prohibiting the taking of personal information when using a credit card

(a) No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation which accepts credit cards for the transaction of business shall require the cardholder, as a condition to accepting the credit card, to:
(1) Write any personal identification information upon the credit card transaction form or otherwise; or
(2) provide personal identification information, which the person, firm, partnership, association or corporation accepting the credit card writes, causes to be written, or otherwise records upon the credit card transaction form or otherwise.
(b) For purposes of this section, "personal identification information" means information concerning the cardholder, other than information set forth on the credit card, and including, but not limited to, the cardholder's address and telephone number.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to personal identification information, required by the card issuer to complete the credit card transaction or for a special purpose incidental but related to the individual credit card transaction, including, but not limited to, information relating to shipping, delivery, servicing or installation of the purchased merchandise or for special orders.
(d) Violation of this section shall be deemed an unconscionable act as defined by K.S.A. 50-627, and amendments thereto.
(e) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas consumer protection act.

Legislative History

L. 1992, ch. 144, § 1; July 1.