Cuomo Proposes Privacy Protections for New Yorkers’ Data

Companies collecting personal data on large numbers of New Yorkers would have to disclose what the data is used for and only gather it for those purposes under a Friday proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo (D) also suggested a Consumer Data Privacy Bill of Rights that guarantees every New Yorker the right to access, control, and erase their data.

The privacy protections are part of the governor’s State of the State policy proposals for 2021. New York lawmakers also have floated new consumer privacy bills recently.

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