Assembly Bill A8729

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to protecting safety and privacy by stopping the sale of location data

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  • 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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2025-A8729 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Science And Technology
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 39-FFF §§899-ss - 899-xx, Gen Bus L

2025-A8729 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the collection or processing of an individual's location information except for a permissible purpose; requires an entity collecting location information for the provision of multiple permissible purpose to maintain a location privacy policy obtain consent from the individual the information pertains to; prohibits the disclosure or sale of such information except for certain purposes; provides remedies for violations.

2025-A8729 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8729
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Science and Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  protecting
   safety and privacy by stopping the sale of location data
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
 39-FFF to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 39-FFF
                        PROTECTION OF LOCATION DATA
 SECTION 899-SS. DEFINITIONS.
         899-TT. PROTECTION OF LOCATION INFORMATION.
         899-UU. PROHIBITION AGAINST RETALIATION.
         899-VV. ENFORCEMENT.
         899-WW. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
         899-XX. APPLICATION.
   § 899-SS. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "APPLICATION"  MEANS A SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT RUNS ON THE OPERATING
 SYSTEM OF A DEVICE.
   2. "COLLECT" MEANS TO OBTAIN, INFER,  GENERATE,  CREATE,  RECEIVE,  OR
 ACCESS AN INDIVIDUAL'S LOCATION INFORMATION.
   3.  "CONSENT"  MEANS  FREELY  GIVEN,  SPECIFIC, INFORMED, UNAMBIGUOUS,
 OPT-IN CONSENT. THIS TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) AGREEMENT SECURED WITHOUT FIRST  PROVIDING  TO  THE  INDIVIDUAL  A
 CLEAR  AND  CONSPICUOUS  DISCLOSURE  OF  ALL INFORMATION MATERIAL TO THE
 PROVISION OF CONSENT, APART FROM ANY PRIVACY POLICY, TERMS  OF  SERVICE,
 TERMS  OF  USE,  GENERAL RELEASE, USER AGREEMENT, OR OTHER SIMILAR DOCU-
 MENT; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11915-01-5
 A. 8729                             2
 
              

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