2019 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 39-G - Document Destruction Contractors
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.