Assembly Bill A7236

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires internet service providers to provide customers with a copy of their privacy policy and to obtain written and explicit permission from a customer prior to sharing customer information

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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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2017-A7236 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5576
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §390-bb, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A3612

2017-A7236 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires internet service providers to provide customers with a copy of their privacy policy and to obtain written and explicit permission from a customer prior to sharing, using, selling or providing to a third party any sensitive information of such customer.

2017-A7236 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7236
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, SKOUFIS, BUCHWALD, JAFFEE, MONTESANO
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  CROUCH,  SIMON  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
   internet service providers to provide customers with a copy  of  their
   privacy  policy  and  to obtain written and explicit permission from a
   customer prior to sharing, using, selling  or  providing  to  a  third
   party any sensitive information of such customer
 
   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-bb to read as follows:
   § 390-BB. INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS; CUSTOMER DATA  PRIVACY.  1.  FOR
 THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   (A) "INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER" MEANS ANY PERSON, BUSINESS, OR  ORGAN-
 IZATION  WHO IS QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN THE STATE THAT PROVIDES
 INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, OR OTHER ENTITIES WITH ACCESS TO THE INTERNET
 AS PART OF A SERVICE.
   (B) "CUSTOMER" MEANS ANY PERSON, CORPORATION OR ENTITY  WHICH  PAYS  A
 FEE  TO  AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER FOR ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AS PART
 OF A SERVICE.
   (C) "SENSITIVE INFORMATION" MEANS ANY INFORMATION THAT WHICH CAN IDEN-
 TIFY THE CUSTOMER OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS SPECIFICALLY  ATTRIB-
 UTABLE  TO  SUCH  CUSTOMER  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FINANCIAL OR
 MEDICAL DATA, BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION CONTENT,  BROWSING
 OR WEB HISTORY, OR INTERNET USAGE.
   (D)  "NON-SENSITIVE  INFORMATION" MEANS INFORMATION COLLECTED ON USERS
 THAT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO AN INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, AGGREGATED USE, SUBSCRIPTION DATA OR OTHER MACRO  LEVEL  INFORMA-
 TION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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