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Assembly Bill A3812

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to private information

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2023-A3812 (ACTIVE) - Details

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:
2017-2018: A8709
2019-2020: A3001
2021-2022: A3127

2023-A3812 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A3812 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3812
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 amended by chapter 117 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (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 data element or the combination
 of  personal  information  plus the data element is not encrypted, or is
 encrypted with  an  encryption  key  that  has  also  been  accessed  or
 acquired:
   (1) social security number;
   (2) driver's license number or non-driver identification card number;
   (3)  account  number, credit or debit card number, in combination with
 any required security code, access code, password or  other  information
 that would permit access to an individual's financial account;
   (4)  account  number,  credit  or  debit card number, if circumstances
 exist wherein such number could be used to access an individual's finan-
 cial account without additional identifying information, security  code,
 access code, or password; [or]
   (5)  biometric information, meaning data generated by electronic meas-
 urements of an individual's unique physical characteristics, such  as  a
 fingerprint, voice print, retina or iris image, or other unique physical
 representation  or  digital  representation  of biometric data which are
 used to authenticate or ascertain the individual's identity; or
   (6) BIRTHDATES, HOME ADDRESSES, OR PHONE NUMBERS, OR  ANY  COMBINATION
 THEREOF; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03710-01-3

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