NY Amends Law Relating to Disposal of Records 

New York has amended its General Business Law in relation to the disposal of records containing personal identifying information. No person, business, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, not including the state or its political subdivisions, shall dispose of a record containing personal identifying information unless the person, business, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, or other person under contract with the business entity does any of the following: (a) shreds the record before disposal; (b) destroys the personal identifying information contained in the record; (c) modifies the record to make the personal identifying information unreadable; or (d) takes actions consistent with commonly accepted industry practices that it reasonably believes will ensure that no unauthorized person will have access to the personal identifying information contained in the record.

An individual person, however, shall not be required to comply with these requirements unless he or she is conducting business for profit (A. 10625, L. 2007, enacted September 4, 2008).

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(Submitted 9/9/08)

NY Amends Law Relating to Disposal of Records  New York has amended its General Business Law in relation to the disposal of records containing personal identifying information. No person, business, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, not including the state or