Assembly Bill A711

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to collection, storage or transmission of personal information collected from smart home systems

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A711 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §390-e, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7268
2021-2022: A733

2023-A711 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires express and affirmative consent prior to collection, storage or transmittal of any personal information obtained from the installation or use of a smart home connected system by certain persons.

2023-A711 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    711
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  collection,
   storage  or  transmission of personal information collected from smart
   home systems

   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-e to read as follows:
   §  390-E.  SMART HOME SYSTEMS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE
 FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "SMART HOME SYSTEM" MEANS ANY DEVICE,  OR  OTHER  PHYSICAL  OBJECT
 THAT  IS  CAPABLE OF CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
 AND THAT IS ASSIGNED AN INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS OR BLUETOOTH ADDRESS.
   (B) "END USER" MEANS A  PERSON  THAT  ULTIMATELY  USES  A  SMART  HOME
 CONNECTED  SYSTEM  REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER  SUCH  PERSON  INSTALLED SUCH
 SYSTEM.
   (C) "PERSONAL INFORMATION"  INCLUDES,  BUT  IS  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  THE
 FOLLOWING:
   (I)  IDENTITY  INFORMATION  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, REAL NAME,
 ALIAS, NICKNAME, AND USER NAME;
   (II) ADDRESS  INFORMATION,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  POSTAL
 ADDRESS OR E-MAIL;
   (III) TELEPHONE NUMBER;
   (IV) ACCOUNT NAME;
   (V)  SOCIAL  SECURITY NUMBER OR OTHER GOVERNMENT-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER,  DRIVER'S
 LICENSE NUMBER, IDENTIFICATION CARD NUMBER, AND PASSPORT NUMBER;
   (VI) BIRTHDATE OR AGE;
   (VII)  PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC INFORMATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, HEIGHT AND WEIGHT;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00703-01-3
              

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