Assembly Bill A3889

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to online dating services

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A3889 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1781
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §394-c, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8196, S6300
2023-2024: A1057, S1759

2021-A3889 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to how online dating services handle fraudulent members.

2021-A3889 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3889
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  online  dating
   services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 394-c of the general business law,  as  amended  by
 chapter 468 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows
   §  394-c.  Limitations  on certain contracts involving social referral
 services.  1. As used in this section, the following  terms  shall  have
 the following meanings:
   (a)  "social  referral  service"  shall  include any service for a fee
 providing matching of members [of the opposite sex], by use of  computer
 or  any  other  means, for the purpose of dating [and] OR general social
 contact.
   (b) "ancillary services" shall refer to goods or services directly  or
 indirectly  related  to  or to be provided in connection with the social
 referral service process, including  but  not  limited  to  photography,
 grooming,  cosmetology,  dating  etiquette,  dating counseling, or other
 services.
   (C) "ONLINE DATING SERVICE" SHALL MEAN  ANY  SOCIAL  REFERRAL  SERVICE
 WHERE  THE SERVICES ARE OFFERED PRIMARILY ONLINE, SUCH AS BY MEANS OF AN
 INTERNET WEBSITE OR A MOBILE APPLICATION.
   (D) "BANNED MEMBER" SHALL MEAN THE MEMBER WHOSE ACCOUNT OR PROFILE  IS
 THE SUBJECT OF A FRAUD BAN.
   (E)  "FRAUD  BAN"  SHALL  MEAN  WHEN  A MEMBER'S ACCOUNT OR PROFILE IS
 BARRED FROM AN ONLINE  DATING SERVICE BECAUSE, IN THE  JUDGMENT  OF  THE
 SERVICE,  THE  MEMBER  POSES  A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN
 MONEY FROM OTHER MEMBERS THROUGH FRAUDULENT MEANS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03174-01-1

              

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