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Clerk 12/11/2002
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the privacy of credit card, debit card or check card account numbers; amending Ordinance 13923, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.100.010 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.100.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Purpose. This ordinance sets forth the privacy standards if credit card, debit card or check card numbers are obtained by the county when a customer pays for county goods or services with a credit card, debit card or check card. RCW 42.17.310(1)(ss) exempts certain credit card, debit card and electronic check information from public disclosure. With theft of personally identifiable information, including credit card, debit card and check card information on the rise, the county recognizes the need to protect credit card, debit card and check card account numbers from unauthorized, fraudulent or criminal access.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 13923, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.100.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
A. "Agency" means any department, office or agency managed by an elected official of any branch of King County government.
B. "Authorized personnel" means county staff assigned to process credit card, debit card or check card transactions.
C. "Automated clearing house" means an association of depository institutions that process financial transactions electronically through the Federal Reserve Bank.
D. "Check card" means a card indicating that the holder named on the card has an open checking account in a financial institution shown on the card and that the holder named on the card is authorized to use the card in lieu of a paper check to pay for the purchase of goods or services from participating merchants so long as the account is valid and has adequate funds to cover the cost of either goods or services at ...

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