The final provision of New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (“SHIELD Act”), 2019 N.Y. Ch. 117, took effect on March 21, 2020. For more information on the SHIELD Act, visit our previous blog post, New York Cybersecurity Upgrades: Are you Ready?, which provides an overview of the most-recent provision that
New York Cybersecurity Upgrades: Are You Ready?
This spring, New York’s cybersecurity landscape shifts dramatically as certain provisions of New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (“SHIELD Act”) take effect. The SHIELD Act, 2019 N.Y. Ch. 117, which was signed into law by Governor Cuomo on July 25, 2019, modifies existing data breach law to expand the definition of “Private Information” and imposes new substantive cybersecurity requirements.
Among other provisions, it requires companies by March 21, 2020, to adopt cybersecurity programs reminiscent of the Written Information Security Program required under Massachusetts law for entities that own or license the personal information of Massachusetts residents. Additionally, with the SHIELD Act’s coverage extending to biometric data, New York joins the handful of states that have acted in this area (the others being Illinois, Texas and Washington).
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