Assembly Bill A5925

2015-2016 Legislative Session

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

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A5925 (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:
2017-2018: A180
2019-2020: A1387
2021-2022: A2500
2023-2024: A1670

2015-A5925 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-A5925 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5925

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SANTABARBARA, BRINDISI -- 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 added by chapter 442 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. Any person or business which conducts business in New  York  state,
and  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,
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 reasonable integri-
ty of the system.]
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09302-01-5

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