(a) Within ninety (90) days following the date of approval of this section, or the future issuance of a certification or franchise, telecommunications and cable companies shall adopt and present before the Board a user information privacy policy. Said policy shall be notified to the users and shall describe the kind of information of the user that is being compiled, for what purpose, and under which circumstances it shall be shared with other public or private entities.(b) No telecommunications or cable company may require that a user present his/her original Social Security card or leave a copy of said card to be kept in possession of the company as a condition to conduct a transaction or process a service request, except for those cases in which federal laws specifically provide for the retention of a copy of the card. This provision shall not be applicable to the use of Social Security numbers for such cases and such purposes in which it is authorized by federal law or regulations; Provided, That except when explicitly otherwise ordered, the company may accept that the customer gives only the number without the need to show the original card or a copy thereof. History —Sept. s; Provided, That except when explicitly otherwise ordered, the company may accept that the customer gives only the number without the need to show the original card or a copy thereof. History —Sept. 12, 1996, No. 213, added as § III-15 on Aug. 7, 2008, No. 198, § 1.
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