NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6701

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to consumer protection
Sep 11, 2019	referred to rules

2019-S6701 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2868
Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §899-aa, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S6912, A8782
2021-2022: S3674, A3119
2023-2024: S1713, A3913
2025-2026: S3078

2019-S6701 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that if the person or business providing the notification was the source of the breach, an offer to provide appropriate identity theft prevention and mitigation services, shall be provided at no cost to the affected person for not less than 12 months, along with all information necessary to take advantage of the offer to any person whose information was or may have been breached if the breach exposed or may have exposed personal information.

2019-S6701 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6701

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the general business law, in relation
to credit monitoring services

 
PURPOSE:

To require that companies that suffer a data breach provide free credit
monitoring services to effected persons for up to one year following the
breach.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 - Requires that companies that suffer a data breach provide
free credit monitoring services to effected persons for up to one year
following the breach.

Section 2 - Effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

Recent headlines have been dominated by a massive data breach that
impacted the largest credit-reporting firm in the United States. This
breach is estimated to have effected 143 million Americans, or 44t of
the population. Millions suddenly found that their birthdates, home
addresses, telephone numbers, and, in some cases, even their social
security numbers and drivers license numbers had been leaked.

The implications of such a large scale and egregious breach of consumer
data security are serious. Millions have been exposed to the possibility
of becoming victims identity theft. This can lead to ongoing credit
problems and major costs to consumers to remedy the damage done.  We
must do more to make sure that data breaches are prevented. But just as
important, is making sure consumers and law enforcement have the tools
available to mitigate damage as soon as a breach occurs. This bill, part
of a larger package that will target consumer data breaches at every
stage, will provide one of those tools.

This bill will require that companies that suffer a breach provide free
credit monitoring services to victims for up to one year following the
discovery of the breach. Credit monitoring is key to identifying the
occurrence of identity theft. This bill is a significant step toward
putting power back in the hands of the consumer.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: SC912/A2732 - CONSUMER PROTECTION/consumer affairs & protection

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2019-S6701 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6701
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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, in relation to credit monitor-
   ing services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  7  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:
   7.  Regardless  of the method by which notice is provided, such notice
 shall include contact information for the person or business making  the
 notification  and  a  description  of the categories of information that
 were, or are reasonably believed to have  been,  acquired  by  a  person
 without  valid  authorization,  including  specification of which of the
 elements of personal information and private information  were,  or  are
 reasonably  believed  to have been, so acquired.  IF THE PERSON OR BUSI-
 NESS PROVIDING THE NOTIFICATION WAS THE SOURCE OF THE BREACH,  AN  OFFER
 TO   PROVIDE   APPROPRIATE  IDENTITY  THEFT  PREVENTION  AND  MITIGATION
 SERVICES, SHALL BE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO THE AFFECTED  PERSON  FOR  NOT
 LESS  THAN  TWELVE  MONTHS, ALONG WITH ALL INFORMATION NECESSARY TO TAKE
 ADVANTAGE OF THE OFFER TO ANY PERSON WHOSE INFORMATION WAS OR  MAY  HAVE
 BEEN  BREACHED IF THE BREACH EXPOSED OR MAY HAVE EXPOSED PERSONAL INFOR-
 MATION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02293-01-9

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