Senate Bill S6933

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to a notification of a security breach

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2017-S6933 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8884
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 39-F Art Head, §899-aa, add §899-bb, Gen Bus L; amd §208, St Tech L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S133, S5575

2017-S6933 - Summary

Relates to notification of a security breach; includes credit and debit cards; increases civil penalties.

2017-S6933 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6933 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6933
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law and the state  technology  law,
   in relation to notification of a security breach
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
 Data Security Act".
   §  2. The article heading of article 39-F of the general business law,
 as added by chapter 442 of the laws of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
            NOTIFICATION OF UNAUTHORIZED ACQUISITION OF PRIVATE
                  INFORMATION; DATA SECURITY PROTECTIONS
   §  3.  Subdivisions  1,  2,  3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of section 899-aa of the
 general business law, as added by chapter 442 of the laws of 2005, para-
 graph (c) of subdivision 1, paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 and  subdivi-
 sion  8  as amended by chapter 491 of the laws of 2005 and paragraph (a)
 of subdivision 8 as amended by section 6 of part N of chapter 55 of  the
 laws  of 2013, are amended and a new subdivision 5-a is added to read as
 follows:
   1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
 ing meanings:
   (a) "Personal information" shall mean  any  information  concerning  a
 natural  person  which, because of name, number, personal mark, or other
 identifier, can be used to identify such natural person;
   (b) "Private information" shall mean EITHER: (I) 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 ACCESSED OR acquired:
   (1) social security number;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S6933A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8884
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 39-F Art Head, §899-aa, add §899-bb, Gen Bus L; amd §208, St Tech L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S133, S5575

2017-S6933A - Summary

Relates to notification of a security breach; includes credit and debit cards; increases civil penalties.

2017-S6933A - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6933A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6933--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
   the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
   sec.  8  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law and the state  technology  law,
   in relation to notification of a security breach
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
 Data Security Act".
   §  2. The article heading of article 39-F of the general business law,
 as added by chapter 442 of the laws of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
            NOTIFICATION OF UNAUTHORIZED ACQUISITION OF PRIVATE
                  INFORMATION; DATA SECURITY PROTECTIONS
   §  3.  Subdivisions  1,  2,  3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of section 899-aa of the
 general business law, as added by chapter 442 of the laws of 2005, para-
 graph (c) of subdivision 1, paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 and  subdivi-
 sion  8  as amended by chapter 491 of the laws of 2005 and paragraph (a)
 of subdivision 8 as amended by section 6 of part N of chapter 55 of  the
 laws  of 2013, are amended and a new subdivision 5-a is added to read as
 follows:
   1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
 ing meanings:
   (a) "Personal information" shall mean  any  information  concerning  a
 natural  person  which, because of name, number, personal mark, or other
 identifier, can be used to identify such natural person;
   (b) "Private information" shall mean EITHER: (I) 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S6933B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8884
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 39-F Art Head, §899-aa, add §899-bb, Gen Bus L; amd §208, St Tech L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S133, S5575

2017-S6933B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to notification of a security breach; includes credit and debit cards; increases civil penalties.

2017-S6933B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6933B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6933--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. CARLUCCI, KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --
   recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with
   Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said  committee  --  reported
   favorably  from  said  committee  and  committed  to  the Committee on
   Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general business law and the state technology law,
   in relation to notification of a security breach
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Stop Hacks
 and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act)".
   §  2. The article heading of article 39-F of the general business law,
 as added by chapter 442 of the laws of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
            NOTIFICATION OF UNAUTHORIZED ACQUISITION OF PRIVATE
                  INFORMATION; DATA SECURITY PROTECTIONS
   §  3.  Subdivisions  1,  2,  3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of section 899-aa of the
 general business law, as added by chapter 442 of the laws of 2005, para-
 graph (c) of subdivision 1, paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 and  subdivi-
 sion  8  as amended by chapter 491 of the laws of 2005 and paragraph (a)
 of subdivision 8 as amended by section 6 of part N of chapter 55 of  the
 laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
 ing meanings:
   (a)  "Personal  information"  shall  mean any information concerning a
 natural person which, because of name, number, personal mark,  or  other
 identifier, can be used to identify such natural person;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13619-10-8
              

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