Biometric data rules
Should businesses and schools be banned from using biometric technology to identify people? 14 bills.
- Open now
- 11
- Became law
- 0
Can still move in New York
Can still move 11
- Can still moveEstablishes the biometric identifier privacy actPassed first chamber
- Can still moveRelates to banning the use of biometric identifying technology in schoolsPassed first chamber
- Can still moveRequires retailers to post warning signs of the tracking and collecting of customers biometric data through electronic devicesPassed first chamber
- Can still moveEstablishes the biometric identifier privacy actIn committee
- Can still moveProhibits the use of biometric surveillance technology by law enforcement; establishes the biometric surveillance regulation task force; and provides for the expiration and repeal of certain provisionsIn committee
- Can still moveProhibits the use of biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information in places of public accommodationIn committee
- Can still moveProhibits the use of biometric surveillance system or biometric surveillance information in places of public accommodationIn committee
- Can still moveProhibits the use of biometric surveillance technology by law enforcement; establishes the biometric surveillance regulation task force; and provides for the expiration and repeal of certain provisionsIn committee
- Can still moveRelates to the use of biometric identity verification devices for the purchase of alcoholic beverages and tobacco productsIn committee
- Can still moveRelates to the use of biometric identity verification devices for the purchase of alcoholic beverages and tobacco productsIn committee
- Can still moveRelates to banning the use of biometric identifying technology in schoolsPassed first chamber
Grouped by AI from the bills closest to Privacy, by the policy questions they address; showing those in New York. Bills in a group may take opposing positions. Grouping as of October 27, 2026. A bill is not a law until it is signed.
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