STATE OF NEW YORK
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1157
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to disclosure of
breaches of the security of the system
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 899-aa of
2 the general business law, as amended by chapter 647 of the laws of 2024,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 Any person or business which owns or licenses computerized data which
5 includes private information shall disclose any breach of the security
6 of the system [following] within five days of the discovery or notifica-
7 tion of the breach in the security of the system to any resident of New
8 York state whose private information was, or is reasonably believed to
9 have been, accessed or acquired by a person without valid authorization.
10 [The disclosure shall be made in the most expedient time possible and
11 without unreasonable delay, provided that such notification shall be
12 made within thirty days after the breach has been discovered, except for
13 the legitimate needs of law enforcement, as provided in subdivision four
14 of this section.]
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03501-01-5
