Senate Bill S4600

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the New York child data privacy and protection act

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Internet And Technology Committee


  • 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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2025-S4600 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Internet And Technology
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 39-F Art Head, add §899-cc, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S3281

2025-S4600 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the New York child data privacy protection act to prevent the exploitation of children's data; requires data controllers to assess the impact of its products on children for review by the bureau of internet and technology.

2025-S4600 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4600 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4600
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  GOUNARDES,  ADDABBO,  BROUK,  COMRIE,  FERNANDEZ,
   GIANARIS, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER, MAYER, MYRIE, SEPULVEDA  --
   read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Internet and Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  enacting  the
   New York child data privacy and protection act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
 child data privacy and protection act".
   §  2.  Legislative  intent.   The legislature hereby finds that 95% of
 individuals under the age of 18 in the United States enjoy access to the
 Internet in their residences.
   The legislature further finds  that  American  teenagers  spend  seven
 hours  and 22 minutes on average per day browsing social media, and that
 53% of children will own a smartphone by the time they're  11  years  of
 age.
   The  legislature  recognizes  that,  while  broadband access is a core
 component of modern life and critical to the  ability  of  children  and
 young  people  to  feel  socially, emotionally, economically, and educa-
 tionally connected to the world around them, it is not without its risks
 and detriments.
   The legislature finds, for example, that teenagers who  spend  between
 five  to seven hours a day on the Internet are twice as likely to suffer
 from depression compared to those logged in for one hour a day.
   The legislature  further  finds  that,  according  to  recent  surveys
 conducted by a prominent social media platform, 34% of young adults feel
 uneasy  when they are not online, 40.6% complain that their sleep habits
 have been negatively affected by social  media,  and  35%  report  being
 cyberbullied on the Internet.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05607-02-5
 S. 4600                             2
              

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