S 2185: Requires e-mail service providers to implement a procedure to authenticate an individual's identity when such individual creates a new e-mail account.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2185 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 requiring e-mail service providers to implement a procedure to authenticate an individual's identity when such individual creates an e-mail account The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 390-f to read as follows: 3 § 390-f. Identity authentication for e-mail accounts. 1. For the 4 purposes of this section "e-mail service provider" shall mean any 5 person, business or organization qualified to do business in this state 6 that provides individuals, corporations, or other entities with the 7 ability to send e-mail messages. 8 2. All e-mail service providers doing business in this state shall 9 develop and implement a procedure to authenticate an individual's iden- 10 tity when such individual creates a new e-mail account. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06066-01-5