Consumer Reports supports New York. A.B. 10357/S. 9269, which would extend to New York consumers important new protections relating to their personal health data, including prohibitions against processing consumers’ health data for secondary purposes without affirmative consent, banning the sale of health data outright, the right to know the health data companies have collected about them, and the right to delete that information.
In particular, we appreciate that A.B. 10357/S. 9269 includes:
- A strong definition of regulated health information;
- Restrictions on processing without consent and a prohibition on sales; and
- Meaningful non-discrimination provisions.
To read the full letter, see the attached PDF.