A 913: Relates to when and how notification of a data breach is to be provided to the department of financial services.
The bill aims to amend the General Business Law to improve notification procedures for data breaches in New York. The bill requires a covered entity to notify the Department of Financial Services and the State Attorney General of a data breach affecting New York residents. The notification must include the timing, content, and distribution of the notices, as well as the approximate number of affected persons. The entity must also provide a copy of the template used for the notices to the State Attorney General and the Department of Financial Services. The bill ensures that notice to affected New York residents is made without delaying the required notification to the Department of Financial Services.
| Jan. 28, 2025 | substituted by s804 |
| Jan. 22, 2025 | rules report cal.47 |
| Jan. 22, 2025 | reported |
| Jan. 22, 2025 | reported referred to rules |
| Jan. 22, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.47 |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 913 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to when and how notification of a data breach is to be provided to the department of financial services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 899-aa of the 2 general business law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amend- 3 ing the general business law relating to notification of a data breach, 4 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2659-B and A. 8872-A, is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 (a) In the event that any New York residents are to be notified, the 7 person or business shall notify the state attorney general, the depart- 8 ment of state, the division of state police, and the department of 9 financial services as to the timing, content and distribution of the 10 notices and approximate number of affected persons and shall provide a 11 copy of the template of the notice sent to affected persons; provided, 12 however, that notice to the department of financial services shall only 13 be required if the person or business is a covered entity, as defined in 14 23 NYCRR 500.1, and provided further that such notice shall be provided 15 to the department of financial services in compliance with 23 NYCRR 16 500.17. Such notice shall be made without delaying notice to affected 17 New York residents. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 19 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general business 20 law relating to notification of a data breach, as proposed in legisla- 21 tive bills numbers S. 2659-B and A. 8872-A, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02809-01-5