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Assembly Bill A7897

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires certain businesses to offer identity theft prevention and mitigation services in the case of a security breach

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2019-A7897 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5721
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:
2021-2022: A3088, S3161
2023-2024: A1725, S700
2025-2026: A1374, S2152

2019-A7897 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain businesses to offer identity theft prevention and mitigation services in the case of a security breach; exempts businesses under financial hardship.

2019-A7897 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7897
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
   certain businesses to offer identity theft prevention  and  mitigation
   services in the case of a security breach

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 899-aa of the general business law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. (A) WHERE A SECURITY BREACH FROM A PERSON OR BUSINESS OTHER THAN A
 CONSUMER  CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY INCLUDES A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, AND
 THAT PERSON OR BUSINESS IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE NOTICE UNDER  SUBDIVISION
 TWO  OF  THIS SECTION, THAT PERSON OR BUSINESS SHALL OFFER EACH RESIDENT
 OF THIS STATE WHOSE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WAS DISCLOSED IN  THE  BREACH
 OF  SECURITY  OR  IS  REASONABLY  BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED IN THE
 BREACH OF SECURITY, REASONABLE CREDIT REPORT MONITORING, IDENTITY  THEFT
 PREVENTION  SERVICES  AND,  IF  APPLICABLE,  IDENTITY  THEFT  MITIGATION
 SERVICES AT NO COST TO SAID RESIDENT FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TWEN-
 TY-FOUR MONTHS. THE DISCLOSURE  REQUIRED  BY  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  INCLUDE  INFORMATION  FOR ANY RESIDENT OF NEW YORK STATE
 WHOSE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WAS DISCLOSED AS A RESULT OF A DATA  BREACH
 TO  OBTAIN  FREE,  REASONABLE  CREDIT  REPORT MONITORING, IDENTITY THEFT
 PREVENTION  SERVICES  AND,  IF  APPLICABLE,  IDENTITY  THEFT  MITIGATION
 SERVICES AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION.
   (B)  THE  REQUIREMENT  TO PROVIDE TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS OF IDENTITY THEFT
 MITIGATION SERVICES SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY INDIVIDUAL  PERSON  OR  SMALL
 BUSINESS  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THE ECONOMIC
 DEVELOPMENT LAW THAT CAN DEMONSTRATE A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP DIRECTLY OWING
 TO SUCH COMPLIANCE. A REQUEST FOR A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WAIVER  SHALL  BE
 MADE  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES ON A
 FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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