§ 859. New York state judicial security act. 1. Definitions. As used\nin this article:\n (a) "Eligible individual" shall mean an actively employed or former:\n (i) judge or justice of the unified court system or judge of the\nhousing part of the civil court of the city of New York; or\n (ii) a federal judge, which shall include a federal judge or a senior,\nrecalled, or retired federal judge sitting or maintaining chambers in\nNew York, where such federal judge means:\n (A) a justice of the United States or a judge of the United States, as\nthose terms are defined in section 451 of title 28, United States Code;\n (B) a bankruptcy judge appointed under section 152 of title 28, United\nStates Code;\n (C) a United States magistrate judge appointed under section 631 of\ntitle 28, United States Code;\n (D) a judge confirmed by the United States Senate and empowered by\nstatute in any commonwealth, territory, or possession to perform the\nduties of a federal judge;\n (E) a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims appointed\nunder section 171 of title 28, United States Code;\n (F) a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims\nappointed under section 7253 of title 38, United States Code;\n (G) a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces\nappointed under section 942 of title 10, United States Code;\n (H) a judge of the United States Tax Court appointed under section\n7443 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or\n (I) a special trial judge of the United States Tax Court appointed\nunder section 7443A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.\n (b) "Immediate family" shall mean, for each eligible individual, the\nspouse, former spouse, parent, child, and sibling.\n (c) "Personal information" shall include the following for an eligible\nindividual and, if such individual so indicates as provided in\nsubparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this section,\nfor the members of their immediate family: (i) home address, including\nprimary residence and secondary residences; (ii) unlisted telephone\nnumber; (iii) personal cell phone number; (iv) personal email address;\n(v) social security number; (vi) driver's license number; (vii) license\nplate number; (viii) marital status and identity of any present and\nformer spouse; (ix) identity of children under the age of eighteen; (x)\nname and address of a school or day care facility attended by an\nimmediate family member; (xi) bank account number; (xii) credit or debit\ncard number; and (xiii) personal identification number (PIN).\n (d) "Cease making public the personal information" of an identified\nperson shall mean deleting, redacting or otherwise removing any existing\nposting on the internet and any display or publication in any medium\naccessible to the public containing such personal information and\nceasing the sharing, trading, or transferring of such personal\ninformation with others, as is specified in the written request of the\neligible individual on whose behalf the notification is made.\n (e) "Excluded entity" means a commercial entity engaged in the\nfollowing activity:\n (i) reporting, news-gathering, speaking, or other activity intended to\ninform the public on matters of public interest or public concern;\n (ii) using personal information internally, providing access to\nbusinesses under common ownership or affiliated by corporate control, or\nselling or providing data for transaction or service requested by or\nconcerning the individual whose personal information is being\ntransferred;\n (iii) providing publicly available information via real-time or near\nreal-time alert services for health or safety purposes;\n (iv) any activity where the commercial entity is a consumer reporting\nagency subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681, et\nseq.);\n (v) any activity where the commercial entity is a financial\ninstitution subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Public Law 106-102)\na
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