2012 New York Consolidated Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 7 - (200 - 219-C) GENERAL PROVISIONS
203-D - Employee personal identifying information.

 
    §  203-d.  Employee  personal  identifying information. 1. An employer
  shall not unless otherwise required by law:
    (a) Publicly post or display an employee's social security number;
    (b) Visibly print a social security number on any identification badge
  or card, including any time card;
    (c) Place a social security number in files with unrestricted  access;
  or
    (d)  Communicate an employee's personal identifying information to the
  general public. For purposes  of  this  section,  "personal  identifying
  information"  shall  include  social  security  number,  home address or
  telephone   number,   personal   electronic   mail   address,   Internet
  identification  name or password, parent's surname prior to marriage, or
  drivers' license number.
    2. A social security number shall not be  used  as  an  identification
  number for purposes of any occupational licensing.
    3.  The  commissioner may impose a civil penalty of up to five hundred
  dollars on any employer for any knowing violation of  this  section.  It
  shall  be  presumptive  evidence  that  a  violation of this section was
  knowing if the employer has not put in place any policies or  procedures
  to  safeguard  against  such  violation,  including procedures to notify
  relevant employees of these provisions.