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A02357 Summary:

BILL NO	A02357
SAME AS	SAME AS S04850
SPONSOR	Vanel
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §390-e, Gen Bus L
Requires e-mail service providers to implement a procedure to authenticate an individual's identity when such individual creates a new e-mail account.

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A02357 Actions:

BILL NO	A02357
01/25/2023	referred to consumer affairs and protection
01/03/2024	referred to consumer affairs and protection

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A02357 Committee Votes:

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A02357 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2357
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 25, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
        AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
          e-mail  service  providers to implement a procedure to authenticate an
          individual's identity when such individual creates an e-mail account

          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-e to read as follows:
     3    §  390-e.  Identity  authentication  for  e-mail  accounts. 1. For the
     4  purposes of this  section  "e-mail  service  provider"  shall  mean  any
     5  person,  business or organization qualified to do business in this state
     6  that provides individuals, corporations,  or  other  entities  with  the
     7  ability to send e-mail messages.
     8    2.  All  e-mail  service  providers doing business in this state shall
     9  develop and implement a procedure to authenticate an individual's  iden-
    10  tity when such individual creates a new e-mail account.
    11    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    12  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06256-01-3

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