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History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Donna Lupardo
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5655
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to registration information
Purpose
To clarify limited access to motor vehicle data for specific approved uses by adopting the Federal Driver's Privacy Act (DPPA).
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1. Amends paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 2020 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of 1989, is amended to add for permissible uses outlined in the Federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) (18 U.S.C. 2721, et seq.).
Section 2. Effective date.
Justification
While the Vehicle Traffic law provides protections from data being released by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, the current statute is written broadly and unintentionally impairs a number of valid fraudulent prevention measures. This legislation would clarify the statute by conforming to the Federal Driver's Privacy Act (DPPA) which establishes well defined valid permissible uses of vehicle data. The Drivers Privacy Protection Act requires all States to protect the privacy of personal information contained in an individual's motor vehicle record.
With the increase in vehicle fraud, insurance fraud and scams relating to online automobile purchases, valid fraudulent prevention measures are necessary to protect New Yorkers.
Automobile fraud continues to grow in the United States and is said to be a $5 billion dollar a year problem in the industry. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) estimates that auto insurance fraud adds $200-300 a year to individual insurance premiums. Use of registration data assists in preventing vehicle fraud in many way8 such as; verifying ownership and the garage location; identifying vehicle brands, and to validate vehicle information. Vehicle data also assist law enforcement and other government agencies in order to investigate and prevent thief.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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