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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations » Article 12C - Data Breach Notification » Section 57-12C-3 – Disposal of personal identifying information.

A person that owns or licenses records containing personal identifying information of a New Mexico resident shall arrange for proper disposal of the records when they are no longer reasonably needed for business purposes. As used in this section, “proper disposal” means shredding, erasing or otherwise modifying the personal identifying information contained in the records to make the personal identifying information unreadable or undecipherable.

History: Laws 2017, ch. 36, § 3.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2017, ch. 36 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 2017, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.