NY State Senate Bill 2025-S5668

Senate Bill S5668

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to liability for misleading, incorrect, contradictory or harmful information provided to a user by a chatbot

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Feb 27, 2025	referred to internet and technology

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- Mar 12, 2025 - Internet And Technology Committee Vote
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2025-S5668 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A222
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §390-f, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S9381, A10494

2025-S5668 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes liability for misleading, incorrect, contradictory or harmful information to a user by a chatbot that results in financial loss or other demonstrable harm.

2025-S5668 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5668

SPONSOR: GONZALEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to liability for
false information provided by a chatbot

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would amend the general business law, to assign liability for
the actions of chatbots to the proprietors of such chatbots.

 
SUMMARY OF ORIGINAL PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends the general business law by adding a new section
390-f, which sets forth requirements for liability of the proprietors of
chatbots.

Subsection 1 defines the terms "chatbot" and "proprietor".

Subsection 2 (a) provides that a proprietor using a chatbot as an alter-

native to a human representative may not disclaim liability for mate-
rially misleading, incorrect, contradictory, or harmful information. A
proprietor may avoid liability by correcting the information and curing
the harm within 30 days.

Subsection 2 (b) provides that a proprietor is responsible for ensuring
the chatbot provides information that is consistent with formal poli-
cies, product details, disclosures, and terms of service to consumers.

Subsection 2 (c) provides that a proprietor may not disclaim liability
by disclosing to consumers that they are interacting with a non-human
chatbot.

Subsection 3 provides that a proprietor using a chatbot must provide
notice to users that that they are interacting with an Al chatbot rather
than a human representative.

Section 2. This act shall take effect one year after becoming a law.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED

Adds subsection 1 (a). Defines "artificial intelligence"

Adds subsection 1 (c). Defines "companion chatbot"

Adds subsection 1 (d). Defines "covered user"

Adds subsection 1 (e). Defines "human-like"

Adds subsection 1 (f). Defines "minor"

Amends subsection 1 (g). Changes the definition of "proprietor" by
removing the requirement that such proprietor have twenty or more
employees. Makes other technical changes.

Amends subsections 2 (a) and 2 (b). Makes technical changes.

Adds a new subdivision 3. States that proprietors of chatbots or other
entities may not disclaim liability where their chatbots provide incor-
rect, contradictory or harmful information to a covered user that
results in bodily harm to a covered user or any third party.

Adds a new subdivision 4. Requires proprietors using chatbots to provide
notice to covered users that they are interaction with an AI chatbot and
not a human.

Adds a new subsection 5 (a). Requires that proprietors of companion
chatbots use commercially reasonable and technically feasible methods to
prevent the self-harm, and to determine whether a covered user is
expressing thoughts of self-harm. Where the proprietor makes such a
determination, the user must be prohibited from using the platform for
at least 24 hours and they must show a suicide crisis organization
contact.

Adds a new subsection 5 (b). Creates liability for violating 4 (a).

Adds a new subsection 5 (c). Creates liability where the proprietor has
actual knowledge that a companion chatbot is promoting, causing or
aiding self-harm or a covered user has thoughts of self-harm, the
proprietor does not prevent the user from using the chatbot for at least
24 hours and does not prominently display the suicide crisis organiza-
tion contact, and the user harms themselves.

Adds a new subsection 5 (d). States that a proprietor of a companion
chatbot cannot waive or disclaim liability under this subdivision.

Adds a new subsection 6 (a). Requires that a proprietor of a companion
chatbot use commercially reasonable and technically feasible methods to
determine whether a covered user is a minor.

Adds a new subsection 6 (b). Where a user is determined to be a minor,
the proprietor shall cease the user's use of the chatbot until they have
obtained parental consent and, where they are determined to be having
thoughts of self-harm, they are prohibited from using the service for at
least three days and a suicide crisis organization contact is displayed.

Adds a new subsection 6 (c). States that a proprietor is strictly liable
for any harm caused where they fail to comply with paragraphs (a) or (b)
of this subdivision and they inflict self-harm upon themselves as a
result of the companion chatbot.

Adds a new subsection 6 (d). States that liability cannot be disclaimed
under this subdivision.

Adds a new subdivision 7. Requires the ongoing implementation of changes
to the system to discover vulnerabilities.

Adds a new subdivision 8. Provides the attorney general with the author-
ity to promulgate regulations related to this subdivision.

Adds a new subdivision 9. States that information collected for the
purpose of determining a user's age shall not be used for any other
purpose and shall be deleted immediately after an attempt to determine a
user's age.

Adds a new subdivision 10. States that the attorney general shall
promulgate regulations identifying methods of obtaining verifiable
parental consent.

Adds a new subdivision 11. States that information collected for the
purposes of obtaining verifiable parental consent shall not be used for
any other purpose and shall be deleted immediately after an attempt to
determine a user's age.

Adds a new subdivision 12. States that nothing in this section shall be
construed as requiring any proprietor to give a parent who grants veri-
fiable parental consent any additional or special access to or control
over the data or accounts of their child.

Changes the effective date to one year from 90 days.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

With the growing capability and broadening availability of AI-powered
large language models, there is an accelerating trend of companies
deploying public-facing chatbots that seem like human representatives.

While these applications may offer a cost-saving function for business
enterprises, numerous instances of AI-powered chatbots giving incorrect
information have come to light. Incorrect responses like these greatly
deteriorate the customer service experience. Examples include an airline
giving incorrect information about bereavement fares, a government agen-
cy giving incorrect information about the law, and a car dealership
"agreeing to" a $1 sale of a new vehicle.

This bill will hold the proprietors of chatbots liable for the misbehav-
ior of their products, while allowing an opportunity for cure if the
proprietor can correct the information and remedy any harm caused by the
provision of incorrect information. Proprietors will also be required to
disclose to users that they are interacting with an AI chatbot program.

This bill will motivate proprietors to be more careful when designing
their chatbot products and will motivate end users to be more skeptical
of chatbots and vigilant of erroneous information they may provide.

In addition, companion chatbots have risen in popularity. Companion
chatbots are AI chatbots that can form interpersonal relationships with
users, using current and past user interactions to strengthen that
relationship and make it seem more "real." Many vulnerable populations,
particularly young people and seniors have turned to companion chatbots
for comfort and social interaction occasionally to address feelings of
loneliness. While providing comfort to minors and seniors is a laudable
goal, the overuse or misuse of companion chatbots, particularly by
emotionally vulnerable persons, can be extremely detrimental to their
mental health and, in some cases, have even caused users to engage in
self-harm and suicide.

This bill would set technical requirements for companion chatbot propri-
etors to ensure that their chatbots do not encourage, promote, or aid
self-harm to users, particularly minors.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S9381: 05/14/24 referred to internet and technology

 
FISCAL IMPLICATION:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall become law.

2025-S5668 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5668
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- 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  liability  for
   false information provided by a chatbot
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 390-f to read as follows:
   § 390-F. LIABILITY FOR CHATBOT RESPONSES. 1. AS USED IN  THIS  SECTION
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" MEANS A MACHINE-BASED SYSTEM OR COMBINA-
 TION OF SYSTEMS, THAT FOR EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT OBJECTIVES, INFERS, FROM
 THE  INPUT  IT  RECEIVES,  HOW  TO GENERATE OUTPUTS SUCH AS PREDICTIONS,
 CONTENT, RECOMMENDATIONS, OR DECISIONS THAT CAN  INFLUENCE  PHYSICAL  OR
 VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS.
   (B)  "CHATBOT"  MEANS  AN  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE  SYSTEM,  SOFTWARE
 PROGRAM, OR TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION THAT SIMULATES HUMAN-LIKE  CONVER-
 SATION  AND  INTERACTION  THROUGH TEXT MESSAGES, AUDIO, OR A COMBINATION
 THEREOF TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO USERS.
   (C) "COMPANION CHATBOT" MEANS A CHATBOT THAT IS  DESIGNED  TO  PROVIDE
 HUMAN-LIKE INTERACTION THAT SIMULATES AN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
 A  USER OR GROUP OF USERS AS ITS PRIMARY FUNCTION, OR USES PREVIOUS USER
 INTERACTIONS WHEN SIMULATING AN  INTERPERSONAL  RELATIONSHIP  IN  FUTURE
 INTERACTIONS. AN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT
 BE  LIMITED TO, ROMANTIC, PLATONIC, FAMILIAL, ADVERSARIAL, PROFESSIONAL,
 OFFICIAL, THERAPEUTIC, OR STRANGER RELATIONSHIPS THAT  ARE  BETWEEN  THE
 COVERED  USER  AND  A  FICTIONAL  OR NON-FICTIONAL CHARACTER OR GROUP OF
 CHARACTERS.
   (D) "COVERED USER" MEANS A USER OF A CHATBOT IN NEW YORK.
   (E) "HUMAN-LIKE" MEANS ANY FORM OF COMMUNICATION OR  INTERACTION  THAT
 APPROXIMATES  HUMAN BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING NON-HUMAN BEHAVIOR THAT COULD BE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01914-03-5

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 ATTRIBUTED TO A HUMAN ACTOR, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A HUMAN ACTOR
 ROLE PLAYING AS A FICTIONAL NON-HUMAN CHARACTER,  AN  ANIMAL,  OR  OTHER
 INTERACTIVE ENTITY.
   (F) "MINOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
   (G)  "PROPRIETOR"  MEANS  ANY PERSON, BUSINESS, COMPANY, ORGANIZATION,
 INSTITUTION OR GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT OWNS, OPERATES OR DEPLOYS A  CHAT-
 BOT  USED  TO  INTERACT WITH USERS. PROPRIETORS SHALL NOT INCLUDE THIRD-
 PARTY DEVELOPERS THAT LICENSE THEIR TECHNOLOGY TO A PROPRIETOR.
   2. (A) A PROPRIETOR OF A CHATBOT THAT IS USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE  TO  A
 HUMAN  REPRESENTATIVE,  OR  OTHERWISE  AS  AN AGENT OF THE PROPRIETOR TO
 PROVIDE ANY SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE, INFORMATION, ADVICE, OR ACTION MAY NOT
 DISCLAIM LIABILITY  WHERE  A  CHATBOT  PROVIDES  MATERIALLY  MISLEADING,
 INCORRECT,  CONTRADICTORY  OR HARMFUL INFORMATION TO A COVERED USER THAT
 RESULTS IN FINANCIAL LOSS OR OTHER DEMONSTRABLE HARM TO A COVERED  USER.
 NO  SUCH  LIABILITY  SHALL BE IMPOSED WHERE THE PROPRIETOR HAS CORRECTED
 THE INFORMATION AND SUBSTANTIALLY OR COMPLETELY CURED THE  HARM  TO  THE
 COVERED USER WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF NOTICE OF SUCH HARM.
   (B) THE PROPRIETOR OF A CHATBOT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING SUCH
 CHATBOT  ACCURATELY  PROVIDES  INFORMATION ALIGNED WITH THE FORMAL POLI-
 CIES, PRODUCT DETAILS, DISCLOSURES  AND  TERMS  OF  SERVICE  OFFERED  TO
 COVERED USERS.
   (C)  A  PROPRIETOR  MAY NOT WAIVE OR DISCLAIM THIS LIABILITY MERELY BY
 NOTIFYING CONSUMERS THAT THEY ARE INTERACTING WITH A  NON-HUMAN  CHATBOT
 SYSTEM.
   3.  A PROPRIETOR OF A CHATBOT OR ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY THAT DIRECTS
 THE PROPRIETOR'S CHATBOT TO PROVIDE ANY SUBSTANTIVE  RESPONSE,  INFORMA-
 TION,  ADVICE  OR  ACTION MAY NOT DISCLAIM LIABILITY OF ANY KIND WHERE A
 CHATBOT PROVIDES  MATERIALLY  MISLEADING,  INCORRECT,  CONTRADICTORY  OR
 HARMFUL INFORMATION TO A COVERED USER THAT RESULTS IN BODILY HARM TO THE
 COVERED  USER  OR ANY THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY FORM
 OF SELF-HARM.
   4. PROPRIETORS UTILIZING CHATBOTS SHALL PROVIDE CLEAR, CONSPICUOUS AND
 EXPLICIT NOTICE TO COVERED USERS THAT THEY ARE INTERACTING WITH AN ARTI-
 FICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHATBOT PROGRAM RATHER THAN A HUMAN.   THE  TEXT  OF
 THE  NOTICE SHALL APPEAR IN THE SAME LANGUAGE AND IN A SIZE EASILY READ-
 ABLE BY THE AVERAGE VIEWER AND NO SMALLER THAN THE LARGEST FONT SIZE  OF
 OTHER TEXT APPEARING ON THE WEBSITE ON WHICH THE CHATBOT IS UTILIZED.
   5.  (A)  A  PROPRIETOR  OF  A COMPANION CHATBOT SHALL USE COMMERCIALLY
 REASONABLE AND TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE METHODS TO (I) PREVENT SUCH  COMPAN-
 ION CHATBOT FROM PROMOTING, CAUSING OR AIDING SELF-HARM, AND (II) DETER-
 MINE  WHETHER  A  COVERED  USER IS EXPRESSING THOUGHTS OF SELF-HARM AND,
 UPON MAKING SUCH DETERMINATION, SUCH PROPRIETOR PROHIBITS CONTINUED  USE
 OF  THE COMPANION CHATBOT FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AND
 PROMINENTLY DISPLAYS A MEANS TO CONTACT A SUICIDE CRISIS ORGANIZATION TO
 SUCH COVERED USER.
   (B) WHERE A PROPRIETOR OF A COMPANION CHATBOT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH  PROPRIETOR  SHALL
 BE  LIABLE  TO  COVERED  USERS WHO INFLICT SELF-HARM UPON THEMSELVES, IN
 WHOLE OR IN PART, AS A RESULT OF  SUCH  PROPRIETOR'S  COMPANION  CHATBOT
 PROMOTING, CAUSING OR AIDING THE COVERED USER TO INFLICT SELF-HARM.
   (C)  IRRESPECTIVE OF THE PROPRIETOR'S COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, A PROPRIETOR SHALL BE  LIABLE  TO  COVERED  USERS  WHO
 INFLICT  SELF-HARM  UPON  THEMSELVES,  IN  WHOLE  OR IN PART, WHERE SUCH
 PROPRIETOR:
   (I) HAS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE THAT  THE  COMPANION  CHATBOT  IS  PROMOTING,
 CAUSING OR AIDING SELF-HARM; OR
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   (II)  HAS  ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE THAT A COVERED USER IS EXPRESSING THOUGHTS
 OF SELF-HARM, FAILS TO PROHIBIT CONTINUED USE OF THE  COMPANION  CHATBOT
 FOR  A  PERIOD  OF  AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, AND FAILS TO PROMINENTLY
 DISPLAY A MEANS TO CONTACT A SUICIDE CRISIS ORGANIZATION TO SUCH COVERED
 USER.
   (D)  A  PROPRIETOR  OF  A  COMPANION CHATBOT MAY NOT WAIVE OR DISCLAIM
 LIABILITY UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   6. (A) A PROPRIETOR OF A  COMPANION  CHATBOT  SHALL  USE  COMMERCIALLY
 REASONABLE  AND  TECHNICALLY  FEASIBLE  METHODS  TO  DETERMINE WHETHER A
 COVERED USER IS A MINOR.
   (B) WHERE SUCH PROPRIETOR OF A COMPANION  CHATBOT  DETERMINES  THAT  A
 COVERED  USER  IS A MINOR PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 OR HAS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE THAT A COVERED USER IS A MINOR, SUCH  PROPRIETOR
 SHALL:
   (I)  CEASE SUCH COVERED USER'S USE OF THE COMPANION CHATBOT UNTIL SUCH
 PROPRIETOR HAS OBTAINED VERIFIABLE PARENTAL CONSENT TO PROVIDE A COMPAN-
 ION CHATBOT TO SUCH MINOR USER; AND
   (II) PROHIBIT SUCH COVERED USER'S CONTINUED USE OF THE COMPANION CHAT-
 BOT FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST THREE DAYS AND PROMINENTLY DISPLAY A  MEANS
 TO  CONTACT A SUICIDE CRISIS ORGANIZATION TO SUCH COVERED USER IF, USING
 COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE AND TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE METHODS, SUCH  PROPRIE-
 TOR  DETERMINES  THAT,  OR  HAS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE THAT, A COVERED USER IS
 EXPRESSING THOUGHTS OF SELF-HARM.
   (C) A PROPRIETOR SHALL BE STRICTLY LIABLE FOR ANY HARM CAUSED WHERE:
   (I) SUCH PROVIDER FAILS TO COMPLY WITH PARAGRAPHS (A) OR (B)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION; AND
   (II) A MINOR COVERED USER INFLICTS SELF-HARM UPON THEMSELVES, IN WHOLE
 OR IN PART, AS A RESULT OF SUCH PROPRIETOR'S COMPANION CHATBOT.
   (D)  A  PROPRIETOR  OF  A  COMPANION CHATBOT MAY NOT WAIVE OR DISCLAIM
 LIABILITY UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   7. A PROPRIETOR OF A COMPANION CHATBOT SHALL IMPLEMENT AND  ENGAGE  IN
 THE  ONGOING  IMPLEMENTATION  OF COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE AND TECHNICALLY
 FEASIBLE METHODS TO DISCOVER VULNERABILITIES IN THE PROPRIETOR'S SYSTEM,
 INCLUDING ANY METHODS USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER  A  COVERED  USER  IS  A
 MINOR.
   8.  (A)  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS IDENTIFYING
 COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE AND TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE METHODS FOR PROPRIETORS
 OF COMPANION CHATBOTS REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION.
   (B) IN PROMULGATING REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE
 AND TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE METHODS FOR PROPRIETORS OF  COMPANION  CHATBOTS
 TO  COMPLY  WITH  THIS  SECTION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL CONSIDER THE
 SIZE, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES OF THE PROPRIETOR,
 THE COSTS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF AVAILABLE  (I)  AGE  DETERMINATION  TECH-
 NIQUES  FOR  USERS OF COMPANION CHATBOTS, (II) TECHNIQUES TO PREVENT THE
 PROMOTION, AID, OR  ENCOURAGEMENT  OF  SELF-HARM,  (III)  TECHNIQUES  TO
 DETERMINE  WHETHER  A USER IS EXPRESSING THOUGHTS OF SELF-HARM, AND (IV)
 TECHNIQUES TO DISCOVER VULNERABILITIES IN THE PROPRIETOR'S  SYSTEM.  THE
 ATTORNEY  GENERAL  SHALL  ALSO  CONSIDER THAT PREVALENT PRACTICES OF THE
 INDUSTRY OF THE PROPRIETOR AND THE IMPACT OF THE  TECHNIQUES  LISTED  IN
 SUBPARAGRAPHS  (I)  THROUGH (IV) OF THIS PARAGRAPH ON THE USER'S SAFETY,
 UTILITY, AND EXPERIENCE.
   (C) SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL ALSO IDENTIFY  THE  APPROPRIATE  LEVELS  OF
 ACCURACY  THAT WOULD BE COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE AND TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE
 FOR PROPRIETORS TO ACHIEVE IN DETERMINING (I) WHETHER A USER IS A MINOR,
 (II) WHETHER THE PROPRIETOR'S COMPANION CHATBOT IS PROMOTING, AIDING, OR
 S. 5668                             4
 
 ENCOURAGING SELF-HARM, AND (III) WHETHER A USER IS  EXPRESSING  THOUGHTS
 OF SELF-HARM.
   9.  INFORMATION  COLLECTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING A USER'S AGE
 UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT  BE
 USED  FOR ANY PURPOSES OTHER THAN AGE DETERMINATION AND SHALL BE DELETED
 IMMEDIATELY AFTER AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE A  USER'S  AGE,  EXCEPT  WHERE
 NECESSARY  FOR  COMPLIANCE  WITH  ANY  APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF NEW YORK
 STATE OR FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION.
   10. THE ATTORNEY  GENERAL  SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  IDENTIFYING
 METHODS  OF  OBTAINING  VERIFIABLE PARENTAL CONSENT PURSUANT TO SUBPARA-
 GRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION.
   11. INFORMATION COLLECTED FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  OBTAINING  VERIFIABLE
 PARENTAL  CONSENT SHALL NOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN OBTAINING
 SUCH VERIFIABLE PARENTAL CONSENT AND SHALL BE DELETED IMMEDIATELY  AFTER
 AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN VERIFIABLE PARENTAL CONSENT, EXCEPT WHERE NECESSARY
 FOR  COMPLIANCE  WITH  ANY  APPLICABLE  PROVISIONS  OF NEW YORK STATE OR
 FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION.
   12. NOTHING IN THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  AS  REQUIRING  ANY
 PROPRIETOR  TO  GIVE A PARENT WHO GRANTS VERIFIABLE PARENTAL CONSENT ANY
 ADDITIONAL OR SPECIAL ACCESS TO OR CONTROL OVER THE DATA OR ACCOUNTS  OF
 THEIR CHILD.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.

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