Assembly Bill A1670

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Imposes a five-day time limit during which to disclose a breach in the security of a system

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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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2023-A1670 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §899-aa, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5925
2017-2018: A180
2019-2020: A1387
2021-2022: A2500
2025-2026: A1157

2023-A1670 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to imposing a five-day time limit during which to disclose a breach in the security of a system.

2023-A1670 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1670
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  disclosure  of
   breaches of the security of the system
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 899-aa  of  the  general  business
 law,  as  amended by chapter 117 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
 as follows:
   2. Any person or business which owns  or  licenses  computerized  data
 which  includes  private  information  shall  disclose any breach of the
 security of the system [following] WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE 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  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 system.]
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03110-01-3

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