NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8566
SPONSOR: Meng TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation
to prohibiting businesses from requiring consumers to provide personal
identifying information
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to
prohibit businesses from requiring consumers to provide personal identi-
fying information when making purchases in a store.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: General business law is amended to add
a new section, 390-d. This section would prevent businesses from requir-
ing consumers to provide an email address, telephone number, or other
personal information that is not necessary and essential to pay for a
purchase if the purchase was made in person.
JUSTIFICATION: This bill Would prevent consumers from being solicited
for unnecessary personal information. Businesses often use this kind of
information to advertise to consumers in a form that the consumer may
find bothersome. This bill would make providing such information
optional.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: None
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to the state.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This bill would take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8566
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
August 31, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. MENG -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
businesses from requiring consumers to provide personal identifying
information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 390-d to read as follows:
3 § 390-d. Consumer personal identifying information. Businesses shall
4 not require consumers to provide an email address, telephone number or
5 other personal identifying information which is not necessary and essen-
6 tial to pay for purchases from a business; provided, however, that such
7 information may be required for purchases made online, over the tele-
8 phone or where the consumer is not physically present at the store at
9 the time of purchase.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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