No officer or employee of a state agency, or other individual, who in the course of his or her employment or duty has or had access to credit card or payment device information provided to the state agency under this chapter shall disclose or make known in any manner information provided under this chapter or use the information for any unauthorized purpose. Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 926, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)