The New York City Council - File #: Int 1101-2018

• File #: Int 1101-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Protecting cable provider customers’ personally identifiable information.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• File created: 9/12/2018
• In control: Committee on Technology
• On agenda: 9/12/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to protecting cable provider customers' personally identifiable information.
• Sponsors: Peter A. Koo, (by request of the Mayor)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/12/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
9/12/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1101
By Council Member Koo (by request of the Mayor)

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to protecting cable provider customers' personally identifiable information.
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 23 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new chapter 13 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 13
COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY
? 23-1301 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
Affiliate. The term "affiliate" means any person or entity that is owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with the provider, or is a contractor of a provider and provides any cable service or other service.
Cable service. The term "cable service" means the one-way transmission to customers of video programming or other programming service, and customer interaction, if any, which is required for the selection or use of such video programming or other programming service.
Cable system. The term "cable system" has the meaning ascribed in subsection (7) of section 522 of title 47 of the United States code.
Customer. The term "customer" means a person in the city who subscribes to a cable service or other service of a provider.
Information necessary to render service. The term "information necessary to render service" means personally identifiable information that is used to detect the unauthorized reception of cable communications, or is necessary to render a cable service or other service provided by the provider to the customer.
Other service. The term "other service" means any wire or radio communications services provided to a customer over a cable system or an open video system that are not cable services.
Personally Identifiable Information. The term "personally identifiable information" means information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an individual or device. Information ...