N.M. Stat. § 21-1-45
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§ 21-1-45. Sale of student information; marketing credit cards to students; prohibited practices
Official statutory text
A. No public or private post-secondary educational institution, including its agents, its employees, its student or alumni organizations or its affiliates, shall:
(1) sell, give or otherwise transfer to any card issuer, for the purpose of distributing or marketing credit cards, the name, address, social security number, date of birth, telephone number or other contact or personal identifying information of an undergraduate student at the post-secondary educational institution;
(2) enter into any agreement or cooperate with a card issuer to market credit cards to undergraduate students at the post-secondary educational institution; or
(3) allow the marketing of credit cards from the property or campus of the post-secondary educational institution.
B. A person whose contact information was sold, given or transferred in violation of this section, or the attorney general, may bring a civil action and seek a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation plus costs of the action and reasonable attorney fees.
C. For purposes of this section, “credit card” and “card issuer” have the meanings given them in the federal Truth in Lending Act. 1
(1) sell, give or otherwise transfer to any card issuer, for the purpose of distributing or marketing credit cards, the name, address, social security number, date of birth, telephone number or other contact or personal identifying information of an undergraduate student at the post-secondary educational institution;
(2) enter into any agreement or cooperate with a card issuer to market credit cards to undergraduate students at the post-secondary educational institution; or
(3) allow the marketing of credit cards from the property or campus of the post-secondary educational institution.
B. A person whose contact information was sold, given or transferred in violation of this section, or the attorney general, may bring a civil action and seek a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation plus costs of the action and reasonable attorney fees.
C. For purposes of this section, “credit card” and “card issuer” have the meanings given them in the federal Truth in Lending Act. 1
Status: in_force
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