Assembly Bill A8581

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires e-mail service providers to implement a procedure to authenticate an individual's identity when such individual creates an e-mail account

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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-A8581 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8301
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §390-d, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2357, S4850

2021-A8581 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires e-mail service providers to implement a procedure to authenticate an individual's identity when such individual creates a new e-mail account.

2021-A8581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8581
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 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  requiring
   e-mail  service  providers to implement a procedure to authenticate an
   individual's identity when such individual creates an e-mail account

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 390-d to read as follows:
   §  390-D.  IDENTITY  AUTHENTICATION  FOR  E-MAIL  ACCOUNTS. 1. FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION  "E-MAIL  SERVICE  PROVIDER"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY
 PERSON,  BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION QUALIFIED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE
 THAT PROVIDES INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS,  OR  OTHER  ENTITIES  WITH  THE
 ABILITY TO SEND E-MAIL MESSAGES.
   2.  ALL  E-MAIL  SERVICE  PROVIDERS DOING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE SHALL
 DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PROCEDURE TO AUTHENTICATE AN INDIVIDUAL'S  IDEN-
 TITY WHEN SUCH INDIVIDUAL CREATES A NEW E-MAIL ACCOUNT.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13376-01-1

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