Assembly Bill A8709

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to private 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-A8709 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6890
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §899-aa, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3001
2021-2022: A3127
2023-2024: A3812

2017-A8709 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the definition of "private information" to include birth dates, home addresses or phone numbers or any combination thereof.

2017-A8709 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8709
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              October 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to private  infor-
   mation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of  section  899-aa  of  the
 general  business  law,  as added by chapter 442 of the laws of 2005, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) "Private information" shall mean personal  information  consisting
 of  any information in combination with any one or more of the following
 data elements, when either the personal information or the data  element
 is not encrypted, or encrypted with an encryption key that has also been
 acquired:
   (1) social security number;
   (2)  driver's license number or non-driver identification card number;
 [or]
   (3) account number, credit or debit card number[, in combination  with
 any  required  security code, access code, or password that would permit
 access to an individual's financial account]; OR
   (4) BIRTHDATES, HOME ADDRESSES, OR PHONE NUMBERS, OR  ANY  COMBINATION
 THEREOF;
   "Private  information" does not include publicly available information
 which is lawfully made available to the  general  public  from  federal,
 state, or local government records.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13551-01-7

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