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Assembly Bill A7045

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing internet privacy rights for persons under 18 years of age

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2017-A7045 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Technology Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 4 §§401 - 404, St Tech L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8213
2015-2016: A3164

2017-A7045 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes internet privacy rights for persons under 18 years of age by limiting the dissemination of information about them and limiting marketing to them.

2017-A7045 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7045
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 29, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to privacy rights
   for minors in the digital world
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The state technology law is amended by adding a new article
 4 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE IV
                         PRIVACY RIGHTS FOR MINORS
 SECTION 401. DEFINITIONS.
         402. RESTRICTIONS.
         403. REMOVAL OF CONTENT.
         404. PENALTIES.
   § 401. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
   1. "MINOR" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
   2.  "INTERNET  WEBSITE,  ONLINE SERVICES, ONLINE APPLICATION OR MOBILE
 APPLICATION DIRECTED AT MINORS" SHALL MEAN AN INTERNET  WEBSITE,  ONLINE
 SERVICES, ONLINE APPLICATION, MOBILE APPLICATION, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF
 THAT  IS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMMUNICATING WITH AN AUDIENCE THAT
 IS PREDOMINANTLY COMPRISED OF MINORS, AND IS NOT  INTENDED  FOR  A  MORE
 GENERAL AUDIENCE COMPRISED OF ADULTS. PROVIDED THAT SUCH TERM INCLUDE AN
 INTERNET  WEBSITE,  ONLINE  SERVICE, ONLINE APPLICATION, MOBILE APPLICA-
 TION, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF WHICH MERELY REFERS  OR  LINKS  TO  ANOTHER
 INTERNET  WEBSITE, ONLINE SERVICE, ONLINE APPLICATION OR MOBILE APPLICA-
 TION DIRECTED AT MINORS BY USING INFORMATION LOCATION TOOLS, INCLUDING A
 DIRECTORY, INDEX, REFERENCE, POINTER OR HYPERTEXT LINK.
   3. "MARKETING OR ADVERTISING" SHALL MEAN,  IN  EXCHANGE  FOR  MONETARY
 COMPENSATION,  THE MAKING OF A COMMUNICATION TO ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS,
 OR THE ARRANGING FOR DISSEMINATION TO  THE  PUBLIC  OF  A  COMMUNICATION
 ABOUT  A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO ENCOURAGE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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