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Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Blog Posts From December 2021
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Blog: Recent Amendment to New York State Technology Law Demonstrates Rapid Evolution of Privacy Laws
Date: December 29, 2021
Title: Recent Amendment to New York State Technology Law Demonstrates Rapid Evolution of Privacy Laws
Summary: On December 22, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law New York Senate Bill 7019, amending New York State Technology Law § 209 in an effort to remedy the miscommunications between various state agencies regarding notices of data breaches. The law now requires the Office of Information Technology Services to take certain steps when it discovers a data breach or network security breach. We discuss the background and details of the new law in this post....