305 – Use of Electronic Records.
§ 305. Use of electronic records. 1. In accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the electronic facilitator, government entities are authorized and empowered to produce, receive, accept, acquire, record, file, transmit, forward, and store information by use of electronic means. If any such government entity uses electronic records, it must also ensure that anyone […]
306 – Admissibility Into Evidence.
§ 306. Admissibility into evidence. In any legal proceeding where the provisions of the civil practice law and rules are applicable, an electronic record or electronic signature may be admitted into evidence pursuant to the provisions of article forty-five of the civil practice law and rules including, but not limited to section four thousand five […]
307 – Exceptions.
§ 307. Exceptions. This article shall not apply: 1. To any document providing for the disposition of an individual’s person or property upon death or incompetence, or appointing a fiduciary of an individual’s person or property, including, without limitation, wills, trusts, decisions consenting to orders not to resuscitate, powers of attorney and health care proxies, […]
308 – Personal Privacy Protection.
§ 308. Personal privacy protection. 1. Any information reported to the electronic facilitator by a government entity in connection with the authorization of an electronic signature shall continue to be withheld from public disclosure if such information was withheld from public disclosure by such government entity. Electronic records shall be considered and treated as any […]
309 – Use of Electronic Records and Signatures to Be Voluntary.
§ 309. Use of electronic records and signatures to be voluntary. Nothing in this article shall require any entity or person to use an electronic record or an electronic signature unless otherwise provided by law.
204 – Collection and Disclosure of Personal Information.
§ 204. Collection and disclosure of personal information. No state agency shall collect personal information concerning a user through a state agency website, or disclose personal information concerning a user to any person, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity, including internal staff who do not need the information in the performance of […]
205 – Access to Personal Information.
§ 205. Access to personal information. Except as otherwise provided by law, a state agency shall provide users with access to all personal information pertaining to such user which has been collected through its state agency website. Access to such personal information and the opportunity to request correction or amendment of such personal information shall […]
206 – Exceptions.
§ 206. Exceptions. Notwithstanding section two hundred four of this article, a state agency may collect or disclose personal information if the collection or disclosure is: 1. necessary to perform the statutory duties of the state agency that collected or is collecting the personal information, or necessary for that agency to operate a program authorized […]
207 – Construction.
§ 207. Construction. Nothing in this article shall abridge public access to information available or permitted by any other provision or rule of law, including without limitation article six of the public officers law. Nothing in this article shall authorize the collection or disclosure of information the collection or disclosure of which is prohibited or […]
208 – Notification; Person Without Valid Authorization Has Acquired Private Information.
§ 208. Notification; person without valid authorization has acquired private information. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Private information” shall mean either: (i) personal information consisting of any information in combination with any one or more of the following data elements, when either the data element […]