 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6032
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 26, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to unauthorized release of
          personal data
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.90 to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 190.90 Unauthorized release of personal data.
     4    1. A person is guilty of unauthorized release of personal data when he
     5  or she releases, publishes, provides, distributes, or makes available to
     6  any other person, through any means, the personal  data  of  any  person
     7  without the consent of such person.
     8    2.  For  purposes  of  this  section, "personal data" means a person's
     9  social security number,  financial  services  account  number  or  code,
    10  savings account number or code, checking account number or code, broker-
    11  age  account  number  or code, credit card account number or code, debit
    12  card number or code, automated teller machine number or  code,  taxpayer
    13  identification number, telephone calling card number, mobile identifica-
    14  tion  number  or code, electronic serial number, or personal identifica-
    15  tion number.
    16    Unauthorized release of personal data is a class E felony.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    18  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09835-01-9
Relates to the unauthorized release of personal data

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