N.Y. General Business Law § 399-eee: Disabling of services to stolen wireless phones

* § 399-eee. Disabling of services to stolen wireless phones. 1.

Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall

have the following meanings:

(a) "International mobile equipment identifier (IMEI)" shall mean:

(i) a mobile equipment identifier;

(ii) electronic serial number; or

(iii) any other number or signal that:

(A) identifies a unique mobile wireless phone; and

(B) has the same function and purposes as a number described in

subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph.

(b) "GSMA block list" means an industry database that relies on

information reported by at least fifty commercial mobile operators, is

subject to access controls, is certified to the ISO/IEC 27001 or an

equivalent standard for information security management systems, and

provides publicly available information to enable sellers, consumers,

and law enforcement to check an IMEI against lists of mobile device

equipment identification numbers to help prevent the use or activation

of mobile phones identified as stolen or fraudulently obtained.

2. Limiting wireless service to stolen phones. Any person, firm,

partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or

other business entity providing wireless telephone services, as such

term is defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section twelve

hundred twenty-five-c of the vehicle and traffic law, shall have and

maintain a program reasonably designed to prevent the activation on its

network of a phone with an international mobile equipment identity

number (IMEI) that appears on the GSMA block list.

3. Reporting of stolen wireless phones. Any person, firm, partnership,

association, limited liability company, corporation, or other business

entity providing wireless telephone services, as such term is defined in

paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section twelve hundred twenty-five-c

of the vehicle and traffic law, who is informed by a retail store

operator of the theft of new, non-activated wireless phones, shall take

reasonable steps to report the IMEI numbers of those stolen phones to

the GSMA block list.

4. Disabling of service to stolen wireless phone. Any person, firm,

partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or

other business entity providing wireless telephone services, as such

term is defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section twelve

hundred twenty-five-c of the vehicle and traffic law, shall have and

maintain a program reasonably designed to enable it to suspend service

to a stolen wireless phone upon notification by a verified customer that

a wireless phone has been stolen. Such program shall require the person

or business entity providing wireless telephone services take reasonable

steps to report the IMEI numbers of the stolen phone to the GSMA block

list.

* NB There are 2 § 399-eee's