Assembly Bill A8566

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits businesses from requiring consumers to provide personal identifying information when making purchases in a store

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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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2011-A8566 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง390-d, Gen Bus L

2011-A8566 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits businesses from requiring consumers to provide personal identifying information when making purchases in a store.

2011-A8566 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8566

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 31, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MENG -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
  businesses  from  requiring  consumers to provide personal identifying
  information

  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 section
390-d to read as follows:
  S  390-D.  CONSUMER PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. BUSINESSES SHALL
NOT REQUIRE CONSUMERS TO PROVIDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE  NUMBER  OR
OTHER PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION WHICH IS NOT NECESSARY AND ESSEN-
TIAL  TO PAY FOR PURCHASES FROM A BUSINESS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH
INFORMATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PURCHASES MADE ONLINE,  OVER  THE  TELE-
PHONE  OR  WHERE  THE CONSUMER IS NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THE STORE AT
THE TIME OF PURCHASE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13185-01-1

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