STATE OF NEW YORK
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4433
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 11, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
use of social media websites for the purposes of collecting debts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 601 of the general business law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
3 12. Use a social networking website as a means to collect on a consum-
4 er claim from a debtor. For purposes of this subdivision, "social
5 networking website" means an internet-based service that allows individ-
6 uals to: (a) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded
7 system, created by the service; (b) create a list of other users with
8 whom they share a connection within the system; and (c) view and navi-
9 gate their list of connections and those made by others within the
10 system. Provided, however, that "social networking website" shall not
11 include electronic mail (e-mail).
12 § 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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