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NY S02434
Bill
Status
1/17/2013
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Klein
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AI Summary
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Prohibits employers from requesting or requiring employees and job applicants to disclose usernames, passwords, or other access credentials for personal accounts or services on electronic communications devices.
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Prohibits educational institutions from requesting or requiring students and prospective students to disclose personal account access credentials and from penalizing students who refuse to grant such access.
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Allows employers to require access credentials for non-personal accounts, employer-owned devices, employer-provided services, and permits monitoring of employer-owned equipment and networks in compliance with state and federal law.
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Allows employers to investigate unauthorized transfers of proprietary or confidential information to personal accounts and permits disciplinary action for such transfers without employee consent.
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Provides affirmative defense for employers and educational institutions acting to comply with federal law or New York state law requirements.
Legislative Description
Prohibits an employer or educational institution from requesting or requiring that an employee, applicant or student disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account or service through specified electronic communications devices.
Last Action
COMMITTED TO RULES
6/20/2014