N.Y. General Business Law § 899-aaa: Definitions

§ 899-aaa. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms

shall have the following meanings:

1. "Certificate" means a certificate of registration issued under this

article.

2. "Department" means the New York state department of state.

3. "Document" means any record kept, held, filed, produced or

reproduced by, with or for a person or business entity, in any physical

form whatsoever including, but not limited to, reports, statements,

examinations, memoranda, opinions, folders, files, books, manuals,

pamphlets, forms, papers, designs, drawings, maps, photos, letters,

microfilms, or computer tapes or discs.

4. "Document destruction" means the burning, pulverizing, or shredding

of a record, or any action taken to render the personal identifying

information contained on a record unreadable and incapable of

reconstruction.

5. "Document destruction contractor" means a person, firm or

corporation that owns or operates a business, the principal purpose of

which is to destroy records containing personal identifying information

for a fee, and for whom the total cash price of all of his, her or its

document destruction contracts exceeds five hundred dollars during any

period of twelve consecutive months.

6. "Personal information" means any information concerning a natural

person which, because of name, number, personal mark, or other

identifier, can be used to identify such natural person.

7. "Personal identifying information" means personal information

consisting of any information in combination with any one or more of the

following data elements, when either the personal information or the

data element is not encrypted, or encrypted with an encryption key that

is included in the same record as the encrypted personal information or

data element:

(a) social security number;

(b) driver's registration number or non-driver identification card

number; or

(c) mother's maiden name, financial services account number or code,

savings account number or code, checking account number or code, debit

card number or code, automated teller machine number or code, electronic

serial number or personal identification number.

8. "Personal identification number" means any number or code which may

be used alone or in conjunction with any other information to assume the

identity of another person or access financial resources or credit of

another person.

9. "Record" means any information kept, held, filed, produced or

reproduced by, with or for a person or business entity, in any physical

form whatsoever including, but not limited to, reports, statements,

examinations, memoranda, opinions, folders, files, books, manuals,

pamphlets, forms, papers, designs, drawings, maps, photos, letters,

microfilms, or computer tapes or discs.