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Feb 08, 2017 | referred to governmental operations |
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A5323 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Civil Rights Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §50-f, Civ Rts L; amd §215, CPLR
- Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
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A10466
A5323 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires search engines, indexers, publishers and any other persons or entities which make available, on or through the internet or other widely used computer-based network, program or service, information about an individual to remove such information, upon the request of the individual, within thirty days of such request.
A5323 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5323 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the civil rights law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to creating the right to be forgotten act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 50-f to read as follows: § 50-F. RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN ACT. 1. UPON THE REQUEST FROM AN INDI- VIDUAL, ALL SEARCH ENGINES, INDEXERS, PUBLISHERS AND ANY OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES THAT MAKE AVAILABLE, ON OR THROUGH THE INTERNET OR OTHER WIDELY USED COMPUTER-BASED NETWORK, PROGRAM OR SERVICE, INFORMATION ABOUT THE REQUESTER, SHALL REMOVE INFORMATION, ARTICLES, IDENTIFYING INFORMATION AND OTHER CONTENT ABOUT SUCH INDIVIDUAL, AND LINKS OR INDEXES TO ANY OF THE SAME, THAT IS "INACCURATE", "IRRELEVANT", "INADE- QUATE" OR "EXCESSIVE" WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF SUCH REQUEST, AND WITHOUT REPLACING SUCH REMOVED INFORMATION, ARTICLE OR CONTENT WITH ANY DISCLAIMER, TAKEDOWN NOTICE, HYPERLINK, OR OTHER REPLACEMENT NOTICE, INFORMATION OR CONTENT, OR COOPERATING WITH ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY WHO DOES ANY OF THE FOREGOING. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "INACCU- RATE", "IRRELEVANT", "INADEQUATE", OR "EXCESSIVE" SHALL MEAN CONTENT, WHICH AFTER A SIGNIFICANT LAPSE IN TIME FROM ITS FIRST PUBLICATION, IS NO LONGER MATERIAL TO CURRENT PUBLIC DEBATE OR DISCOURSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF THE FINANCIAL, REPUTATIONAL AND/OR DEMON- STRABLE OTHER HARM THAT THE INFORMATION, ARTICLE OR OTHER CONTENT IS CAUSING TO THE REQUESTER'S PROFESSIONAL, FINANCIAL, REPUTATIONAL OR OTHER INTEREST, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CONTENT RELATED TO CONVICTED FELO- NIES, LEGAL MATTERS RELATING TO VIOLENCE, OR A MATTER THAT IS OF SIGNIF- ICANT CURRENT PUBLIC INTEREST, AND AS TO WHICH THE REQUESTER'S ROLE WITH REGARD TO THE MATTER IS CENTRAL AND SUBSTANTIAL. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09707-01-7