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.
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Recent Amendment to New York State Technology Law Demonstrates Rapid Evolution of Privacy Laws Posted on: December 29, 2021 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
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Legislative Alert: New York Expands Data Breach Obligations for Credit Reporting Agencies Posted on: August 15, 2019 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law Senate Bill S3582, which further expands obligations owed to consumers when a data security breach affects a credit reporting agency.
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Legislative Alert: New York Amends Its Data Breach Notification Law Posted on: August 12, 2019 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act, Senate Bill 5575B/Assembly Bill 5635B. The SHIELD Act updates the state’s existing data breach notification law, N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 899-aa, and creates a new section, § 899-bb, requiring reasonable data security for “private information” and granting enforcement powers to the attorney general against non-compliant entities.
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NY Cyber Regs Compliance Deadline Looms for Financial Firms Posted on: August 10, 2017 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
Protecting sensitive customer and business information from data thieves is nothing new for the financial industry. But come...
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