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- Reported and committed to rules
- Referred to finance
- Print number 4144a
- Amend (t) and recommit to finance
- Referred to finance
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Creates a temporary state commission on personal privacy and provides for its powers, functions and duties; appropriation
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Brian Kavanagh
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Title of bill
An act in relation to creating a temporary state commission on personal privacy to examine and assess the privacy of individuals in the state of New York and to make recommendations relative to the protection thereof
Purpose of bill
To establish a temporary state commission on personal privacy to study personal privacy and to make recommendations as to how privacy might be better protected.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the bill finds that personal privacy is a matter of serious public concern that needs to be carefully studied. Section 2 creates a temporary state commission on personal privacy and establishes its focus. Section 3 designates a deadline for a report from the commission. Sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 address the composition of the commission, its employees, powers, members' compensation, and access to governmental resources. Section 8 sets the effective date of August 1, 2009 and continues its existence until December 31, 2011.
Justification
New York State historically has been a leader in protecting the personal privacy of its citizens. Today, however, governmental agencies and commercial firms are constantly gathering and distributing more and more detailed information on the personal lives of New Yorkers. The rapid advancement in technology in recent years has created new potential threats to the privacy of individuals. The ability to use such technology to collect, collate, and transmit personal data now allows isolated pieces of information to be compiled into profiles of an individual. No state or federal agency has the responsibility for protecting, or even understanding, personal privacy in a comprehensive way. Traditionally federal and state law has treated privacy not as a comprehensive whole, but rather in fragments such as medical privacy, telephone privacy, or credit card privacy. At the very least, governments should understand the facts and issues involved in what is happening, and should not wait until threats to privacy have become a fait accompli. This bill would help the State, in a thoughtful manner, ways we might enhance protections of individuals' privacy.
Fiscal implications
Minimal.
Effective date
Immediately.
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