Assembly Bill A3818

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York Data Protection 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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2021-A3818 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1570
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 5-A §§81 - 89-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7613, S7724
2023-2024: A2587, S4201

2021-A3818 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York Data Protection Act; requires government entities and contractors to disclose certain personal information collected about individuals.

2021-A3818 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3818
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the New  York
   data protection act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "New York data protection act".
   §  2. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 5-A to read
 as follows:
                                ARTICLE 5-A
                       NEW YORK DATA PROTECTION ACT
 SECTION 81. DEFINITIONS.
         82.   RIGHT TO REQUEST DISCLOSURE.
         83.   RIGHT TO REQUEST DELETION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
         84.   PERSONAL INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE REQUESTED.
         85.   SHARED INFORMATION; GOVERNMENT ENTITIES OR CONTRACTORS.
         86.   NON-SHAREABLE PERSONAL INFORMATION.
         87.   RIGHT NOT TO BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
         88.   ACCESSIBILITY.
         89.   LIMITATION ON RESTRICTIONS.
         89-A. RELIEF.
         89-B. COMPLIANCE GUIDANCE.
 § 81. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED:
   1.  "AGGREGATE  PERSONAL  INFORMATION"  SHALL  MEAN  INFORMATION  THAT
 RELATES TO A GROUP OR CATEGORY OF  INDIVIDUALS,  FROM  WHICH  INDIVIDUAL
 IDENTITIES  HAVE BEEN REMOVED, THAT IS NOT LINKED OR REASONABLY LINKABLE
 TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR HOUSEHOLD, INCLUDING  VIA  A  DEVICE.    "AGGREGATE
 PERSONAL  INFORMATION"  SHALL  NOT MEAN ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUAL'S RECORDS
 THAT HAVE BEEN DE-IDENTIFIED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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