Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes the New York Privacy Act to require companies to disclose their methods for de-identifying personal information.

Highlights:

• Defines terms relating to privacy and data collection (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that this act does not apply to data collected by local and state governments for the purposes of processes other than sales (Sec. 1). 

• Requires companies to disclose their methods of de-identifying personal information for New York (Sec. 1). 

• Authorizes New York Consumers to obtain the names of all entities and companies with whom their data and personal information is shared (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that organizations and companies must include the obligation to complete a Data Protection Impact Assessment  in certain situations (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes the following rights (Sec. 1): 

• The right to opt out;

• The right to delete; 

• The right to notice; 

• The right to access; and 

• The right to correct.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes the New York Privacy Act to require companies to disclose their methods for de-identifying personal information.

Highlights:

• Defines terms relating to privacy and data collection (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that this act does not apply to data collected by local and state governments for the purposes of processes other than sales (Sec. 1). 

• Requires companies to disclose their methods of de-identifying personal information for New York (Sec. 1). 

• Authorizes New York Consumers to obtain the names of all entities and companies with whom their data and personal information is shared (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that organizations and companies must include the obligation to complete a Data Protection Impact Assessment  in certain situations (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes the following rights (Sec. 1): 

• The right to opt out;

• The right to delete; 

• The right to notice; 

• The right to access; and 

• The right to correct.

Full Bill Text