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- Referred to finance
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Creates a temporary state commission on personal privacy and provides for its powers, functions and duties
In Assembly Committee · Rules · Sponsor Brian Kavanagh
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BILL NUMBER:S3680
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
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 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 and 5 address the composition of the commission, its employees, and its powers.
Section 6 provides that the members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that certain members shall be reimbursed for their necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Section 7 provides for access to certain governmental resources. Section 8 sets forth the effective date.
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.
Legislative history
2010: A.8156A (Kavanagh) - Passed Assembly 2009: A.8156A (Kavanagh) - Passed Assembly
Fiscal impact on the state
Minimal.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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