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2. "COLLECTS", "COLLECTED", OR "COLLECTION" SHALL MEAN GATHERING,
OBTAINING, RECEIVING, OR ACCESSING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING
TO AN INDIVIDUAL BY ANY MEANS. THIS INCLUDES RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM
SUCH INDIVIDUAL EITHER ACTIVELY OR PASSIVELY.
3. "CONTRACTOR" MEANS A CONTRACTOR, OR SUBCONTRACTOR OF A CONTRACTOR,
THAT CONTRACTS TO PROCESS INFORMATION ON BEHALF OF A GOVERNMENT ENTITY
AND TO WHICH SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY DISCLOSES AN INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL
INFORMATION FOR A LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT PURPOSE PURSUANT TO A WRITTEN
CONTRACT, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONTRACT PROHIBITS SUCH CONTRACTOR OR
SUBCONTRACTOR RECEIVING SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM RETAINING, USING,
OR DISCLOSING SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN FOR
THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF PERFORMING THE SERVICES SPECIFIED IN SUCH
CONTRACT, OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THIS ARTICLE, INCLUDING RETAIN-
ING, USING, OR DISCLOSING SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR A COMMERCIAL
PURPOSE OTHER THAN PROVIDING THE SERVICES SPECIFIED IN THE CONTRACT.
4. "DEIDENTIFIED" SHALL MEAN INFORMATION THAT CANNOT REASONABLY IDEN-
TIFY, RELATE TO, DESCRIBE, BE CAPABLE OF BEING ASSOCIATED WITH, OR BE
LINKED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL, PROVIDED
THAT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT USES SUCH DEIDENTIFIED INFORMATION:
(A) HAS IMPLEMENTED TECHNICAL SAFEGUARDS AND PROCESSES THAT PROHIBIT
REIDENTIFICATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM SUCH INFORMATION MAY PERTAIN;
(B) HAS IMPLEMENTED PROCESSES TO PREVENT INADVERTENT RELEASE OF
DEIDENTIFIED INFORMATION; AND
(C) MAKES NO ATTEMPT TO REIDENTIFY SUCH INFORMATION.
5. "DESIGNATED METHODS FOR SUBMITTING REQUESTS" SHALL MEAN A MAILING
ADDRESS, EMAIL ADDRESS, INTERNET WEB PAGE, INTERNET WEB PORTAL, TOLL-
FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER, OR OTHER APPLICABLE CONTACT INFORMATION, WHEREBY
INDIVIDUALS MAY SUBMIT A REQUEST OR DIRECTION UNDER THIS ARTICLE, AND
ANY NEW MEANS OF CONTACTING A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, AS APPROVED BY THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
6. "DEVICE" SHALL MEAN ANY PHYSICAL OBJECT THAT IS CAPABLE OF CONNECT-
ING TO THE INTERNET, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR TO ANOTHER DEVICE.
7. "GOVERNMENT ENTITY" OR "ENTITY" SHALL MEAN ANY STATE AGENCY OR ANY
PART, BODY, OR SUBDIVISION THEREOF.
8. "HOMEPAGE" SHALL MEAN THE INTRODUCTORY PAGE OF AN INTERNET WEB SITE
AND ANY INTERNET WEB PAGE WHERE PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED.
9. "INDIVIDUAL" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT OF NEW YORK
STATE.
10. (A) "PERSONAL INFORMATION" SHALL MEAN INFORMATION THAT IDENTIFIES,
RELATES TO, DESCRIBES, IS CAPABLE OF BEING ASSOCIATED WITH, OR COULD
REASONABLY BE LINKED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, WITH A PARTICULAR INDIVID-
UAL OR HOUSEHOLD. PERSONAL INFORMATION INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,
THE FOLLOWING:
(I) IDENTIFIERS SUCH AS A REAL NAME, ALIAS, POSTAL ADDRESS, UNIQUE
PERSONAL IDENTIFIER, INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS, EMAIL ADDRESS, SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER, DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER, PASSPORT NUMBER, PHOTOGRAPH,
OR OTHER SIMILAR IDENTIFIERS;
(II) CHARACTERISTICS OF PROTECTED CLASSIFICATIONS UNDER NEW YORK OR
FEDERAL LAW;
(III) COMMERCIAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING RECORDS OF REAL OR PERSONAL
PROPERTY;
(IV) BIOMETRIC INFORMATION;
(V) AUDIO, ELECTRONIC, VISUAL, OR SIMILAR INFORMATION;
(VI) PROFESSIONAL OR EMPLOYMENT-RELATED INFORMATION;
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(VII) EDUCATION INFORMATION, DEFINED AS INFORMATION THAT IS NOT
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN THE
FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (20 USC 1232G);
(VIII) INFERENCES DRAWN FROM ANY OF THE INFORMATION IDENTIFIED IN THIS
SUBDIVISION TO CREATE A PROFILE ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL REFLECTING SUCH
INDIVIDUAL'S PREFERENCES, CHARACTERISTICS, PSYCHOLOGICAL TRENDS, PREDIS-
POSITIONS, BEHAVIOR, ATTITUDES, INTELLIGENCE, ABILITIES, AND APTITUDES;
AND
(IX) FINANCIAL OR TAX INFORMATION.
(B) "PERSONAL INFORMATION" SHALL NOT INCLUDE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFOR-
MATION. FOR THESE PURPOSES, "PUBLICLY AVAILABLE" SHALL MEAN INFORMATION
THAT IS LAWFULLY MADE AVAILABLE FROM FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
RECORDS, OR ANY CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH INFORMATION. "PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE" SHALL NOT INCLUDE AN INDIVIDUAL'S INFORMATION THAT IS DEIDEN-
TIFIED OR AGGREGATE PERSONAL INFORMATION.
11. "PROBABILISTIC IDENTIFIER" SHALL MEAN THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN
INDIVIDUAL OR A DEVICE TO A DEGREE OF CERTAINTY OF MORE PROBABLE THAN
NOT BASED ON ANY CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN, OR
SIMILAR TO, THE CATEGORIES ENUMERATED IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS
SECTION.
12. "PROCESS" OR "PROCESSING" SHALL MEAN ANY OPERATION OR SET OF OPER-
ATIONS THAT ARE PERFORMED ON PERSONAL DATA OR ON SETS OF PERSONAL DATA,
WHETHER OR NOT BY AUTOMATED MEANS.
13. "PSEUDONYMIZE" OR "PSEUDONYMIZATION" SHALL MEAN THE PROCESSING OF
PERSONAL INFORMATION IN A MANNER THAT RENDERS SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION
NO LONGER ATTRIBUTABLE TO A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL WITHOUT THE USE OF ADDI-
TIONAL INFORMATION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS KEPT
SEPARATELY AND IS SUBJECT TO TECHNICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEASURES TO
ENSURE THAT SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION IS NOT ATTRIBUTED TO AN IDENTIFIED
OR IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL.
14. (A) "SELL", "SELLING", "SALE", OR "SOLD" SHALL MEAN SELLING, RENT-
ING, RELEASING, DISCLOSING, DISSEMINATING, MAKING AVAILABLE, TRANS-
FERRING, OR OTHERWISE COMMUNICATING ORALLY, IN WRITING, OR BY ELECTRONIC
OR OTHER MEANS, AN INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL INFORMATION BY A GOVERNMENT
ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR TO A THIRD PARTY FOR MONETARY OR OTHER VALUABLE
CONSIDERATION.
(B) A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR DOES NOT SELL PERSONAL INFORMA-
TION WITHIN THE MEANING OF THIS ARTICLE WHEN:
(I) AN INDIVIDUAL USES OR DIRECTS SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR
TO INTENTIONALLY DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO A THIRD PARTY,
PROVIDED SUCH THIRD PARTY ALSO DOES NOT SELL SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION,
UNLESS SUCH DISCLOSURE WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
ARTICLE.
(II) SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR USES OR SHARES WITH A THIRD
PARTY PERSONAL INFORMATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS NECESSARY TO PERFORM
A LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT PURPOSE IF BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE
MET:
(1) THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR HAS PROVIDED NOTICE THAT
INFORMATION IS BEING USED OR SHARED; AND
(2) THE THIRD PARTY DOES NOT FURTHER COLLECT, SELL, OR USE THE
PERSONAL INFORMATION OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL EXCEPT AS NECESSARY TO PERFORM
THE BUSINESS PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT RECEIVED SUCH INFORMATION.
(III) A CONTRACTOR WHO TRANSFERS TO A THIRD PARTY AN INDIVIDUAL'S
PERSONAL INFORMATION AS AN ASSET THAT IS PART OF A MERGER, ACQUISITION,
BANKRUPTCY, OR OTHER TRANSACTION IN WHICH SUCH CONTRACTOR OR THIRD PARTY
ASSUMES CONTROL OF ALL OR PART OF SUCH THIRD PARTY PROVIDED THAT SUCH
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INFORMATION IS USED OR SHARED CONSISTENTLY WITH THIS ARTICLE. IF A
THIRD PARTY MATERIALLY ALTERS HOW IT USES OR SHARES PERSONAL INFORMATION
OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN A MANNER THAT IS MATERIALLY INCONSISTENT WITH THE
PROMISES MADE AT THE TIME OF COLLECTION, IT SHALL PROVIDE PRIOR NOTICE
OF THE NEW OR CHANGED PRACTICE TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE
SUFFICIENTLY PROMINENT AND ROBUST TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN EASILY
EXERCISE THEIR CHOICES CONSISTENTLY WITH SECTION EIGHTY-THREE OF THIS
ARTICLE.
15. "SERVICE" OR "SERVICES" SHALL MEAN WORK, LABOR, AND SERVICES,
INCLUDING SERVICES FURNISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OR REPAIR OF
GOODS.
16. "THIRD PARTY" SHALL MEAN A PERSON OR BUSINESS ENTITY WHO IS NOT
ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR THEREOF.
17. "UNIQUE IDENTIFIER" OR "UNIQUE PERSONAL IDENTIFIER" SHALL MEAN A
PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER THAT CAN BE USED TO RECOGNIZE AN INDIVIDUAL, A
FAMILY, OR A DEVICE THAT IS LINKED TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY, OVER TIME
AND ACROSS DIFFERENT SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A DEVICE
IDENTIFIER; AN INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS; COOKIES, BEACONS, PIXEL TAGS,
OR SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY; UNIQUE PSEUDONYM, OR USER ALIAS; TELEPHONE
NUMBERS, OR OTHER FORMS OF PERSISTENT OR PROBABILISTIC IDENTIFIERS THAT
CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL OR DEVICE. FOR PURPOSES
OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FAMILY" MEANS A CUSTODIAL PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND
ANY MINOR CHILDREN OVER WHICH SUCH PARENT OR GUARDIAN HAS CUSTODY.
18. "VERIFIABLE INFORMATION REQUEST" SHALL MEAN A REQUEST TO A GOVERN-
MENT ENTITY THAT IS MADE BY AN INDIVIDUAL, BY AN INDIVIDUAL ON BEHALF OF
SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S MINOR CHILD, OR BY A NATURAL PERSON OR A PERSON REGIS-
TERED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AUTHORIZED BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO ACT
ON SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S BEHALF, AND THAT SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRAC-
TOR CAN REASONABLY VERIFY, PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE ATTOR-
NEY GENERAL TO BE SUCH INDIVIDUAL ABOUT WHOM SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR
CONTRACTOR HAS COLLECTED PERSONAL INFORMATION. A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR
CONTRACTOR SHALL NOT BE OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO SUCH INDI-
VIDUAL PURSUANT TO SECTIONS EIGHTY-TWO AND EIGHTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE
IF SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR CANNOT VERIFY THAT SUCH INDIVID-
UAL MAKING SUCH REQUEST IS THE SAME INDIVIDUAL ABOUT WHOM SUCH GOVERN-
MENT ENTITY HAS COLLECTED INFORMATION, OR IS A PERSON AUTHORIZED BY SUCH
INDIVIDUAL TO ACT ON SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S BEHALF.
§ 82. RIGHT TO REQUEST DISCLOSURE. 1. ANY INDIVIDUAL SHALL HAVE THE
RIGHT TO REQUEST THAT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR THAT COLLECTS
PERSONAL INFORMATION DISCLOSE TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL THE CATEGORIES AND
SPECIFIC PIECES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR
CONTRACTOR HAS COLLECTED.
2. A GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT COLLECTS AN INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL INFORMA-
TION SHALL, AT OR BEFORE THE POINT OF COLLECTION, INFORM SUCH INDIVIDUAL
AS TO THE CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO BE COLLECTED AND THE
PURPOSES FOR WHICH SUCH CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION SHALL BE
USED. A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR SHALL NOT COLLECT ADDITIONAL
CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OR USE PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED
FOR ADDITIONAL PURPOSES WITHOUT PROVIDING SUCH INDIVIDUAL WITH NOTICE
CONSISTENT WITH THIS ARTICLE.
3. A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION
SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION TO AN INDIVIDUAL ONLY UPON
RECEIPT OF A VERIFIABLE INFORMATION REQUEST.
4. A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR THAT RECEIVES A VERIFIABLE INFOR-
MATION REQUEST FROM AN INDIVIDUAL TO ACCESS PERSONAL INFORMATION SHALL
PROMPTLY TAKE STEPS TO DISCLOSE AND DELIVER, FREE OF CHARGE TO SUCH
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INDIVIDUAL, SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION. SUCH
INFORMATION MAY BE DELIVERED BY MAIL OR ELECTRONICALLY. A GOVERNMENT
ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR MAY PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO AN INDIVIDUAL
AT ANY TIME, BUT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION
TO ANY INDIVIDUAL MORE THAN TWICE IN A TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD.
5. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT REQUIRE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR
TO:
(A) RETAIN ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED FOR A SINGLE, ONE-TIME
TRANSACTION IF SUCH INFORMATION IS NOT SHARED OR RETAINED BY SUCH
GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR; OR
(B) RE-IDENTIFY OR OTHERWISE LINK INFORMATION THAT IS NOT MAINTAINED
IN A MANNER THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED PERSONAL INFORMATION.
§ 83. RIGHT TO REQUEST DELETION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. 1. ANY INDI-
VIDUAL SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST THAT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR
CONTRACTOR DELETE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT SUCH INDIVIDUAL WHICH
SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR HAS COLLECTED FROM SUCH INDIVIDUAL.
2. A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR THAT COLLECTS PERSONAL INFORMA-
TION ABOUT INDIVIDUALS SHALL NOTIFY SUCH INDIVIDUALS OF THEIR RIGHTS TO
REQUEST THE DELETION OF THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION.
3. A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR THAT RECEIVES A VERIFIABLE INFOR-
MATION REQUEST FROM AN INDIVIDUAL TO DELETE SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL
INFORMATION SHALL DELETE SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM ITS
RECORDS AND DIRECT ANY CONTRACTORS TO DELETE SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL
INFORMATION FROM THEIR RECORDS.
4. NOTWITHSTANDING OTHER PROVISIONS UNDER THIS ARTICLE, A GOVERNMENT
ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH AN INDIVID-
UAL'S REQUEST TO DELETE SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL INFORMATION IF IT IS
NECESSARY FOR THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR TO MAINTAIN SUCH INDI-
VIDUAL'S PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ORDER TO:
(A) COMPLETE THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WAS
COLLECTED;
(B) COMPLY WITH A LEGAL OBLIGATION;
(C) OTHERWISE USE SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL INFORMATION, INTERNALLY,
IN A LAWFUL MANNER THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SCOPE OF SUCH GOVERNMENT
ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR'S DUTIES.
§ 84. PERSONAL INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE REQUESTED. 1. AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO REQUESTS DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-TWO OF
THIS ARTICLE MAY REQUEST THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
(A) THE CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR
CONTRACTOR HAS COLLECTED ABOUT SUCH INDIVIDUAL;
(B) THE CATEGORIES OF SOURCES FROM WHICH SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION HAS
BEEN COLLECTED;
(C) THE PURPOSE FOR COLLECTING OR SHARING SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION;
(D) ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, CONTRACTORS, OR THIRD PARTIES WITH
WHOM SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR SHARES SUCH PERSONAL INFORMA-
TION; AND
(E) THE SPECIFIC PIECES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY
OR CONTRACTOR HAS COLLECTED ABOUT SUCH INDIVIDUAL.
2. A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR POSSESSING PERSONAL INFORMATION
ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL SHALL DISCLOSE TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL SUCH INFORMATION
UPON RECEIPT OF A VERIFIABLE INFORMATION REQUEST SUBMITTED BY SUCH INDI-
VIDUAL. WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF RECEIPT OF SUCH VERIFIABLE INFORMATION
REQUEST, SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR SHALL SEND A RESPONSE TO
SUCH REQUESTOR ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF SUCH REQUEST.
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3. (A) A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR THAT COLLECTS PERSONAL INFOR-
MATION ABOUT INDIVIDUALS FROM ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR
SHALL DISCLOSE TO SUCH INDIVIDUALS THE FOLLOWING:
(I) THE CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION IT HAS COLLECTED ABOUT SUCH
INDIVIDUAL;
(II) THE CATEGORIES OF SOURCES FROM WHICH SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION IS
COLLECTED;
(III) THE PURPOSE FOR COLLECTING OR SHARING SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION;
(IV) ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES OR CONTRACTORS WITH WHOM SUCH
GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR SHARES PERSONAL INFORMATION; AND
(V) THE SPECIFIC PIECES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION IT HAS COLLECTED ABOUT
SUCH INDIVIDUAL.
(B) SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR SHALL DISCLOSE THE INFORMA-
TION REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO SUCH INDIVIDUALS
IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH INFORMATION, WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A
REQUEST TO FIRST BE SUBMITTED.
4. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT REQUIRE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR TO
DO THE FOLLOWING:
(A) RETAIN ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL COLLECTED FOR
A SINGLE ONE-TIME TRANSACTION IF, IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS,
SUCH INFORMATION ABOUT SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS NOT RETAINED; OR
(B) RE-IDENTIFY OR OTHERWISE LINK ANY DATA THAT, IN THE ORDINARY
COURSE OF BUSINESS, IS NOT MAINTAINED IN A MANNER THAT WOULD BE CONSID-
ERED PERSONAL INFORMATION.
§ 85. SHARED INFORMATION; GOVERNMENT ENTITIES OR CONTRACTORS. ANY
INDIVIDUAL SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST THAT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT
SHARES SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL INFORMATION, DISCLOSE TO SUCH INDIVID-
UAL:
(1) THE CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY
COLLECTED ABOUT SUCH INDIVIDUAL; AND
(2) THE CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY
OR CONTRACTOR HAS SHARED ABOUT SUCH INDIVIDUAL AND THE OTHER GOVERNMENT
ENTITIES OR CONTRACTORS WITH WHOM SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION WAS SHARED,
BY CATEGORY OR CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR EACH GOVERNMENT
ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR TO WHOM SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION WAS SHARED.
§ 86. NON-SHAREABLE PERSONAL INFORMATION. 1. NO GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR
CONTRACTOR SHALL SHARE ANY INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH A
CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR UNLESS SUCH INFORMATION IS CRUCIAL TO THE
PURPOSE FOR WHICH SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR HAS CONTRACTED
SUCH CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR'S SERVICES.
2. NO GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR SHALL SHARE ANY INDIVIDUAL'S
PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR UNLESS
SUCH INFORMATION IS CRUCIAL TO THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH OTHER GOVERNMENT
ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR'S DUTIES, AND SUCH OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR
CONTRACTOR CANNOT PROCURE SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN WITHOUT
SERIOUS HARDSHIP.
3. NO GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR SHALL SELL PERSONAL INFORMATION
ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR
CONTRACTOR.
§ 87. RIGHT NOT TO BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. NO GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR
CONTRACTOR SHALL DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY INDIVIDUAL IN ANY WAY IN
RESPONSE TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL EXERCISING ANY OF HIS OR HER RIGHTS UNDER
THIS ARTICLE.
§ 88. ACCESSIBILITY. 1. IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS ARTICLE, IN A METHOD THAT IS REASONABLY ACCESSIBLE TO INDIVIDUALS,
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES SHALL:
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(A) MAKE AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS TWO OR MORE DESIGNATED METHODS FOR
SUBMITTING VERIFIABLE INFORMATION REQUESTS WHICH INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM,
A TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND IF SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY MAINTAINS AN
INTERNET WEBSITE, A WEBSITE ADDRESS.
(B) IF SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY MAINTAINS AN INTERNET WEBSITE, PROVIDE
ON SUCH WEBSITE INFORMATION INSTRUCTING INDIVIDUALS OF THEIR RIGHTS TO
REQUEST DISCLOSURE OR DELETION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION UNDER THIS ARTI-
CLE, AND ALL METHODS AVAILABLE FOR MAKING SUCH A REQUEST. SUCH INFORMA-
TION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE ON THE HOMEPAGE OF SUCH GOVERNMENT
ENTITY'S WEBSITE.
2. IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE, GOVERN-
MENT ENTITIES AND CONTRACTORS SHALL:
(A) DISCLOSE AND DELIVER ANY INFORMATION REQUESTED IN A VERIFIABLE
INFORMATION REQUEST FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF RECEIVING
SUCH REQUEST FROM AN INDIVIDUAL. THE TIME PERIOD TO PROVIDE THE
REQUIRED INFORMATION MAY BE EXTENDED ONCE BY AN ADDITIONAL FORTY-FIVE
DAYS WHEN REASONABLY NECESSARY, PROVIDED THE REQUESTING INDIVIDUAL IS
PROVIDED NOTICE OF SUCH EXTENSION WITHIN THE FIRST FORTY-FIVE DAY PERI-
OD. SUCH DISCLOSURE SHALL COVER THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING SUCH
GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR'S RECEIPT OF THE VERIFIABLE INFORMATION
REQUEST, AND SHALL BE MADE IN WRITING AND DELIVERED BY MAIL OR ELECTRON-
ICALLY AT THE REQUESTOR'S OPTION.
(B) DISCLOSE AND DELIVER THE INFORMATION REQUESTED IN A MANNER THAT
COVERS ALL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
EIGHTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
(C) DISCLOSE AND DELIVER ANY INFORMATION SHARED PURSUANT TO SECTION
EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE BY SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR WITH-
IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING SUCH REQUEST.
(D) ENSURE THAT ANY EMPLOYEES OF SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR
WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING INQUIRIES ABOUT DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
PRESCRIBED BY THIS ARTICLE ARE INFORMED OF ALL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
UNDER THIS ARTICLE, AND THAT SUCH EMPLOYEES ARE INFORMED OF HOW TO
DIRECT INDIVIDUALS OF HOW TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
(E) USE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM AN INDIVIDUAL IN A
VERIFIABLE INFORMATION REQUEST IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY
OR CONTRACTOR'S VERIFICATION OF SUCH REQUEST SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF
SUCH VERIFICATION.
(F) NOT BE REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO MORE THAN TWO VERIFIABLE INFORMATION
REQUESTS FROM THE SAME INDIVIDUAL WITHIN THE SAME TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD.
§ 89. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTIONS. 1. THE OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED ON
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND CONTRACTORS BY THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT RESTRICT
ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR'S ABILITY TO:
(A) OTHERWISE COMPLY WITH FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS;
(B) COMPLY WITH A CIVIL, CRIMINAL, OR REGULATORY INQUIRY, INVESTI-
GATION, SUBPOENA, OR SUMMONS BY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES;
(C) COMPLY WITH A REQUEST MADE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW;
OR
(D) EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.
2. THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE SALE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO
OR FROM A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY IF SUCH INFORMATION IS TO BE
REPORTED IN, OR USED TO GENERATE, A CONSUMER REPORT AS DEFINED BY THE
FEDERAL FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT (15 USC 1681), AND USE OF THAT INFOR-
MATION IS LIMITED BY SUCH ACT.
3. IF REQUESTS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL ARE MANIFESTLY UNFOUNDED OR EXCES-
SIVE, IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE OF THEIR REPETITIVE CHARACTER, A GOVERNMENT
ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR MAY EITHER CHARGE A REASONABLE FEE, TAKING INTO
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ACCOUNT THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF PROVIDING SUCH INFORMATION OR COMMU-
NICATION OR TAKING THE ACTION REQUESTED, OR REFUSE TO ACT ON SUCH
REQUEST AND NOTIFY SUCH INDIVIDUAL OF THE REASON FOR REFUSING SUCH
REQUEST. SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR SHALL BEAR THE BURDEN OF
DEMONSTRATING THAT SUCH VERIFIED CONSUMER REQUEST IS MANIFESTLY
UNFOUNDED OR EXCESSIVE.
4. A GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT DISCLOSES PERSONAL INFORMATION TO A
CONTRACTOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER THIS ARTICLE IF SUCH CONTRACTOR
USES SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED THAT, AT THE TIME OF DISCLOSING SUCH
PERSONAL INFORMATION, SUCH GOVERNMENT ENTITY DOES NOT HAVE ACTUAL KNOW-
LEDGE OR REASON TO BELIEVE THAT SUCH CONTRACTOR INTENDS TO COMMIT SUCH A
VIOLATION. NO CONTRACTOR SHALL BE LIABLE UNDER THIS ARTICLE FOR THE
OBLIGATIONS OF A GOVERNMENT ENTITY FOR WHICH IT PROVIDES SERVICES AS SET
FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE.
5. THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY
TO REIDENTIFY OR OTHERWISE LINK INFORMATION THAT IS NOT MAINTAINED IN A
MANNER THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED PERSONAL INFORMATION.
6. THE RIGHTS AFFORDED TO INDIVIDUALS AND THE OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED ON
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND CONTRACTORS BY THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT ADVERSELY
AFFECT THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF ANY OTHER PERSON.
§ 89-A. RELIEF. 1. ANY INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION IS
SUBJECT TO AN UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS AND EXFILTRATION, THEFT, OR DISCLOSURE
AS A RESULT OF A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR'S VIOLATION OF THE DUTY
TO IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN REASONABLE SECURITY PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES
APPROPRIATE TO THE NATURE OF THE INFORMATION TO PROTECT SUCH PERSONAL
INFORMATION REQUEST ACTION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN RESPONSE TO SUCH
VIOLATION.
2. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO SERVE AS THE BASIS
FOR A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION UNDER ANY OTHER LAW. THIS SHALL NOT BE
CONSTRUED TO RELIEVE ANY PARTY FROM ANY DUTIES OR OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED
UNDER OTHER LAW OR THE UNITED STATES OR NEW YORK CONSTITUTION.
§ 89-B. COMPLIANCE GUIDANCE. ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR CONTRACTOR MAY
SEEK THE OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO COMPLY
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law.