What's happening
This bill requires ATMs in New York to have software that alerts police if a user enters a distress PIN during a forced withdrawal.
Why it matters
Could enhance personal safety for ATM users. by giving them a discreet way to signal distress during robberies or coercion, potentially deterring would-be criminals aware of the system.
Requires banks and ATM operators to update or install new software. , which could involve costs and technical challenges, especially for older machines, but signals a legislative push for greater security standards.
May change police response protocols. by increasing the number of alerts generated by ATMs, requiring law enforcement to quickly assess and respond to potential emergencies, possibly affecting resource allocation and response times.
Raises privacy and false alarm concerns. , as users might accidentally trigger the distress function or misuse it, leading to unintended law enforcement involvement and questions about data handling and surveillance.
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- Referred to banks
- Referred to banks
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Banks Add ATM Police Alerts
In Senate Committee · Banks · Sponsor Jesse Hamilton
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2037
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Banks
AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to ATM security
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 75-c of the banking law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. Software that would allow the user to enter his or her personal identification number in a specific manner that would immediately notify local law enforcement personnel that the user is making a withdrawal against his or her own volition, while at the same time allowing the automated teller machine to disperse money to the customer as if there were no problem.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00719-01-7
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