N.Y. General Business Law § 899-ii: Respecting user-provided age flags

§ 899-ii. Respecting user-provided age flags. 1. For the purposes of

this article, an operator shall treat a user as a covered user if the

user's device communicates or signals that the user is or shall be

treated as a minor, including through a browser plug-in or privacy

setting, device setting, or other mechanism that complies with

regulations promulgated by the attorney general.

2. For the purposes of subdivision three of section eight hundred

ninety-nine-ff of this article, an operator shall adhere to any clear

and unambiguous communications or signals from a covered user's device,

including through a browser plug-in or privacy setting, device setting,

or other mechanism, concerning processing that the covered user consents

to or declines to consent to. An operator shall not adhere to unclear or

ambiguous communications or signals from a covered user's device, and

shall instead request informed consent pursuant to the provisions of

paragraph a of subdivision three of section eight hundred ninety-nine-ff

of this article.