Section 843. Division homepage on the internet  


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  • 1. Definitions. For the
      purposes of this section the following terms shall  have  the  following
      meanings:
        (a)  "Internet"  shall  mean an international computer network of both
      federal and non-federal  interoperable  packet  switched  data  networks
      which users may access through a service provider.
        (b)  "Homepage" shall mean an individual site or address of a document
      or file where particular information can be located.
        2. The commissioner shall construct, operate and maintain  a  homepage
      on  the  internet  for the purpose of providing a mechanism for the wide
      dissemination of information relating to criminal justice issues.
        3. The homepage directed to be created by this section  shall  include
      pictures  and such other information as the commissioner deems necessary
      pertaining to missing children who resided in New York at  the  time  of
      their disappearance or whose parent, parents or legal guardian currently
      reside in New York state.
        4. Such homepage shall also contain pictures and information regarding
      the  ten  most  wanted  criminals in New York state as determined by the
      superintendent of state police.
        5. Such  homepage  shall  also  contain  the  subdirectory  maintained
      pursuant to section one hundred sixty-eight-q of the correction law.
        6.  The  commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary
      to carry out the provisions of this section. Such rules and  regulations
      shall   include   procedures   for   determining   whether   issues   of
      confidentiality  or  constitutionality  exist   with   regard   to   any
      information  proposed  to  be  included  on  the homepage created by the
      division. Where there is a question as to whether the  dissemination  of
      certain information by the state would be a violation of confidentiality
      or  of an individual's constitutional rights, such information shall not
      be included on the division's homepage.