Assembly Bill A8526

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the NY privacy act

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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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2019-A8526 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5642
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 42 §§1100 - 1110, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A680
2023-2024: A3593

2019-A8526 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the NY privacy act to require companies to disclose their methods of de-identifying personal information, to place special safeguards around data sharing and to allow consumers to obtain the names of all entities with whom their information is shared; creates a special account to fund a new office of privacy and data protection.

2019-A8526 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8526
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the  management
   and oversight of personal data
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act may be known and cited  as  the  "New
 York privacy act".
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 42 to
 read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 42
                           NEW YORK PRIVACY ACT
 SECTION 1100. DEFINITIONS.
         1101. JURISDICTIONAL SCOPE.
         1102. DATA FIDUCIARY.
         1103. CONSUMER RIGHTS.
         1104. TRANSPARENCY.
         1105. RESPONSIBILITY ACCORDING TO ROLE.
         1106. DE-IDENTIFIED DATA.
         1107. EXEMPTIONS.
         1108. LIABILITY.
         1109. ENFORCEMENT.
         1110. PREEMPTION.
   §  1100. DEFINITIONS. THE DEFINITIONS IN THIS ARTICLE APPLY UNLESS THE
 CONTEXT CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHERWISE:
   1. "AFFILIATE" MEANS A LEGAL ENTITY THAT CONTROLS, IS  CONTROLLED  BY,
 OR  IS UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH, ANOTHER LEGAL ENTITY, WHERE THE ENTITY
 HOLDS ITSELF OUT AS AFFILIATED OR UNDER COMMON  OWNERSHIP  SUCH  THAT  A
 CONSUMER  ACTING  REASONABLY  UNDER  THE  CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD ANTICIPATE
 THEIR PERSONAL DATA BEING PROVIDED TO AN AFFILIATE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10868-05-9
              

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