Identity Theft

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Further study required.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SECTION 1. Section 1798.86 is added to the Civil Code, to read: 1798.86. In addition to Section 1798.85, the following restrictions on the use of social security numbers shall apply: </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(a) No university or college located in California may use a social security number as a student identifier. </B></div> <div> <B>(b) No employer may require an employee to use his or her social security number for any purpose other than taxes. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SEC. 2. Section 530.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 530.5. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(a) Every person who willfully obtains personal identifying information, as defined in subdivision (b), of another person, and uses that information for any unlawful purpose, including to obtain, or attempt to obtain, credit, goods, services, or medical information in the name of the other person without the consent of that person, is guilty of a public offense, and upon conviction therefor, shall be punished either by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both that imprisonment and fine, or by imprisonment in the state prison, a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both that imprisonment and fine.</B></div> <div> <B>(b) "Personal identifying information," as used in this section, means the name, address, telephone number, driver's license number, social security number, place of employment, employee identification number, mother's maiden name, demand deposit account number, savings account number, or credit card number of an individual person. </B></div> <div> <B>(c) In any case in which a person willfully obtains personal identifying information of another person without the authorization of that person, and uses that information to commit a crime in addition to a violation of subdivision (a), and is convicted of that crime, the court records shall reflect that the person whose identity was falsely used to commit the crime did not commit the crime. </B></div> <div> <B>(d) An adult relative, parent, or guardian of a minor who sells, gives, or distributes personal identifying information of a minor, with the knowledge that the information will be used in violation of subdivision (a), shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both that imprisonment and fine. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SEC. 3. Section 667.13 is added to the Penal Code, to read: 667.13.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(a) Any person who commits false personation as defined in paragraph (3) of Section 529 or identity theft as defined in Section 530.5 against a person who is under 18 years of age and the victim's age is known or reasonably should have been known to the person committing the crime, shall receive a one-year enhancement for each violation. </B></div> <div> <B>(b) If the person who commits the crime under subdivision (a) is an adult relative, parent, or guardian of the victim, or someone who was provided identifying information from a relative, parent, or guardian of the victim, the person committing the crime shall receive an additional one-year enhancement for each violation in addition to the enhancement in subdivision (a). </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SEC. 4. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>