Senate Bill S4021

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the "It's Your Data Act"

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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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2021-S4021 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3586
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§50 & 51, Civ Rts L; add Art 32-A §§676 - 676-q, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9073, A7736
2023-2024: S5555

2021-S4021 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "It's Your Data Act" for the purposes of providing protections and transparency in the collection, use, retention, and sharing of personal information.

2021-S4021 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4021 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4021
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law and the general  business  law,  in
   relation to establishing the "It's Your Data Act"
 
   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 "It's  Your
 Data Act".
   § 2. Section 50 of the civil rights law is amended to read as follows:
   §  50.  Right of privacy. A person, firm or corporation that COLLECTS,
 STORES, AND/OR uses for THE PURPOSE OF advertising [purposes, or for the
 purposes of], trade, DATA-MINING, OR GENERATING COMMERCIAL  OR  ECONOMIC
 VALUE, the name, portrait [or], picture, VIDEO, VOICE, LIKENESS, AND ALL
 OTHER  PERSONAL  DATA,  BIOMETRIC  DATA, AND LOCATION DATA of any living
 person without having first obtained the written consent of such person,
 or if a minor of his or her parent or guardian, OR, IF SUCH  CONSENT  IS
 OBTAINED, SUBSEQUENTLY FAILS TO EXERCISE REASONABLE CARE CONSISTENT WITH
 ITS  OBLIGATIONS AS BAILEE OF THAT INDIVIDUAL'S NAME, PORTRAIT, PICTURE,
 VIDEO, VOICE, LIKENESS, AND ALL OTHER PERSONAL DATA, BIOMETRIC DATA, AND
 LOCATION DATA, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   § 3. Section 51 of the civil rights law, as amended by chapter 674  of
 the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   §  51.  Action for injunction and for damages. Any person [whose name,
 portrait, picture or voice is used within  this  state  for  advertising
 purposes or for the purposes of trade without the written consent], FIRM
 OR  CORPORATION  THAT  COLLECTS,  STORES, AND/OR USES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 ADVERTISING, TRADE, DATA-MINING, OR GENERATING  COMMERCIAL  OR  ECONOMIC
 VALUE,  NAME,  PORTRAIT,  PICTURE, VIDEO, VOICE, LIKENESS, AND ALL OTHER
 PERSONAL DATA, BIOMETRIC DATA, AND LOCATION DATA OF  ANY  LIVING  PERSON
 WITHOUT  HAVING FIRST OBTAINED THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF SUCH PERSON, OR IF
 A MINOR OF HIS OR HER PARENT OR  GUARDIAN,  OR,  WHEN  SUCH  CONSENT  IS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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