Bill Text: NY A02134 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Restricts the disclosure of personal information by businesses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-18 - print number 2134a [A02134 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02134-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2134--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 15, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recommitted to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
          sec.  2  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to restricting the
          disclosure of personal information by businesses
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "right to
     2  know act of 2016".
     3    § 2. The legislature hereby finds  and  declares  that  the  right  to
     4  privacy  is  a  personal  and  fundamental right protected by the United
     5  States Constitution. All individuals have a right of privacy in informa-
     6  tion pertaining to them.
     7    This state recognizes the importance of providing consumers with tran-
     8  sparency about how their personal information has been shared  by  busi-
     9  nesses.  For  free  market  forces to have a role in shaping the privacy
    10  practices and for "opt-in"  and  "opt-out"  remedies  to  be  effective,
    11  consumers must be more than vaguely informed that a business might share
    12  personal  information  with  third  parties.  Consumers  must  be better
    13  informed about what kinds of personal information are purchased by busi-
    14  nesses for direct marketing purposes. With  these  specifics,  consumers
    15  can knowledgeably choose to opt-in or opt-out or choose among businesses
    16  that disclose information to third parties for direct marketing purposes
    17  on the basis of how protective the business is of consumers' privacy.
    18    Businesses  are  now  collecting  personal information and sharing and
    19  selling it in ways not contemplated or properly covered by  the  current
    20  law. Some web sites are installing up to one hundred tracking tools when
    21  consumers  visit web pages and sending very personal information such as
    22  age, gender, race, income, health  concerns,  and  recent  purchases  to
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01509-03-6