Names.

Existing law, the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971, among other things, authorizes a credit card issuer to issue a card to a married woman bearing either her maiden name or her married name as the woman directs and also authorizes a credit card issuer to require a married woman requesting a card bearing her maiden name to open an account in that name. Existing law, the Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act, among other things, prohibits a consumer credit reporting agency from furnishing a consumer credit report to a retail seller who intends to use the report for specified purposes, unless the consumer credit reporting agency matches at least 3 categories of identifying information within the file maintained by the agency on the consumer with the information provided by the agency to the retail seller. Existing law defines "categories of information" for these purposes to not include a mother's maiden name. Existing law defines the term "personal identifying information" for purposes of provisions relating to civil identity theft actions to include a mother's maiden name. Existing law generally regulates the recovery of unclaimed property by verified petition that must, among other things, state the full name, and the place and date of birth of the decedent whose estate, or any part thereof, is claimed, and the full name of the decedent's father and maiden name of the decedent's mother. Existing law authorizes a county, the district attorney, and the courts, in consultation with a local law enforcement agency, to establish a mutually agreeable procedure to protect confidential personal information regarding any witness or victim contained in a police report, arrest report, or investigative report. Existing law defines "confidential personal information" for these purposes to include a mother's maiden name. Existing law prohibits a ward of the juvenile court or of the Department of Youth Authority from being employed to perform a function that provides access to personal information of private individuals. Existing law defines "personal information" for these purposes to include a mother's maiden name. This bill would modify those provisions to replace the terms "maiden name" with "last name before marriage," "mother's maiden name" with "parent's last name before marriage," "full name of the decedent's father and maiden name of the decedent's mother" with "name of each of the decedent's parents and the last name before first marriage of each of the decedent's parents," and "woman" with "person." The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes.