BILL NUMBER: S7646

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the penal law, in  relation to  establishing the crime
of doxing of an individual

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation creates the crime of doxxing an individual and makes it
a Class A misdemeanor.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates a new section 240.33 of the penal law to create the
crime of doxxing. A person is guilty of the crime of doxxing when they
knowingly make restricted personal information about an individual
publicly available with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite
the commission of a crime of violence against the individual or have
intent and knowledge that the restricted personal information will be
used to to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the commission of a crime
              

against the individual. Restricted personal information is defined as
identifying information regarding and individual, including but not
limited to name, telephone number, email addresses and physical or mail-
ing addresses, which the individual has not made readily apparent to the
public, or which the individual has not authorized another person or
organization to make readily apparent to the public. Specifies doxxing
of an individual is a class A misdemeanor.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Doxxing is a cybercrime that is typically used to harass the individual
who is the victim of doxxing. Doxxing involves sharing personal contact
information of the victim with the intent to harass, stalk or for other
nefarious reasons. When an individual is doxxed there is often ancillary
damage done to their families and neighbors. This legislation seeks to
create the specific crime of doxxing when there is intent to threaten,
intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence against the
individual or when there is knowledge that this restricted information
will be used to threaten, intimidate or facilitate the commission of the
crime.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day.