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                                   8169
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  BYNOE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to prompt  notifi-
   cation  to  affected  individuals in the event of a data breach within
   certain state entities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 208 of
 the state technology law, paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 as  amended  by
 chapter  491  of  the laws of 2005 and paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 as
 added by chapter 442 of the laws of 2005, are amended and  a  new  para-
 graph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (b)  "Breach  of  the  security of the system" shall mean unauthorized
 acquisition [or], acquisition without valid authorization, OR  UNAUTHOR-
 IZED  UTILIZATION  of  computerized data which compromises the security,
 confidentiality, or integrity of personal information  maintained  by  a
 state  entity.  Good  faith  acquisition  of  personal information by an
 employee or agent of a state entity for the purposes of  the  agency  is
 not  a  breach  of the security of the system, provided that the private
 information is not used or subject to unauthorized disclosure.
   In determining whether information has been acquired OR  UTILIZED,  or
 is  reasonably  believed  to have been acquired OR UTILIZED, by an unau-
 thorized person [or a], person without valid authorization OR  UNAUTHOR-
 IZED ENTITY, such state entity may consider the following factors, among
 others:
   (1) indications that the information is in the physical possession and
 control  of an unauthorized person, such as a lost or stolen computer or
 other device containing information; or
   (2) indications that the information has been downloaded or copied; or

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (3) indications that the  information  was  used  by  an  unauthorized
 person,  such  as  fraudulent  accounts  opened or instances of identity
 theft reported[.]; OR
   (4) INDICATIONS THAT A CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH
 (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AS OCCURRED.
   (c)  "State  entity"  shall  mean  any  state board, bureau, division,
 committee, commission, council,  department,  public  authority,  public
 benefit  corporation,  office  or other governmental entity performing a
 governmental or proprietary function for the state of New York, except[:
   (1)] the judiciary; [and
   (2)] BUT SHALL INCLUDE all cities, counties, municipalities, villages,
 towns, and other local agencies.
   (E) "CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT" SHALL  MEAN  AN  EVENT  OCCURRING  ON  OR
 CONDUCTED  THROUGH  A COMPUTER NETWORK THAT ACTUALLY OR IMMINENTLY JEOP-
 ARDIZES THE INTEGRITY, CONFIDENTIALITY, OR  AVAILABILITY  OF  COMPUTERS,
 INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS OR NETWORKS, PHYSICAL  OR   VIRTU-
 AL  INFRASTRUCTURE  CONTROLLED   BY COMPUTERS OR INFORMATION SYSTEMS, OR
 INFORMATION RESIDENT THEREON.
   § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2  of  section  208  of  the
 state  technology law, as amended by chapter 117 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   Any state entity that owns [or], licenses, OR  MAINTAINS  computerized
 data  that includes private information shall disclose any breach of the
 security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach
 in the security of the system to any resident of New  York  state  whose
 private  information  was,  or  is  reasonably  believed  to  have been,
 accessed or acquired by a person OR ENTITY without valid  authorization.
 The  disclosure  shall  be  made in the most expedient time possible and
 without unreasonable delay, consistent with the legitimate needs of  law
 enforcement,  as  provided  in  subdivision four of this section, or any
 measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore  the
 integrity  of  the  data system. The state entity shall consult with the
 state office of information technology services to determine  the  scope
 of the breach and restoration measures. Within ninety days of the notice
 of  the  breach,  the  office  of  information technology services shall
 deliver a report on the scope  of  the  breach  and  recommendations  to
 restore and improve the security of the system to the state entity.
   §  3.  Subdivision  3  of  section 208 of the state technology law, as
 amended by chapter 117 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  Any  state  entity  that maintains computerized data that includes
 private information which such agency does  not  own  shall  notify  the
 owner  or  licensee  of the information of any breach of the security of
 the system immediately following discovery, if the  private  information
 was, or is reasonably believed to have been, accessed [or], acquired, OR
 UTILIZED by [a] ANY person OR ENTITY without valid authorization.
   §  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.