Section 490-B. Manufacturers' requirements to include product safety owner's cards  


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  • 1.  Manufacturers of durable juvenile products distributed, sold
      or made available in New York  state  shall  include  a  product  safety
      owner's  card  with  all  sales to initial consumers of durable juvenile
      products. The manufacturer shall not use or  disseminate  to  any  other
      party  the  information  collected  by  the manufacturer for any purpose
      other than notification to the consumer concerned  in  the  event  of  a
      product  recall  or safety alert regarding the product concerned. Within
      the product  safety  owner's  card,  such  manufacturers  shall  request
      adequate  initial  consumer  information  to effectuate the notification
      required by this article. The product safety owner's card shall  include
      a  statement  indicating  that the information shall not be used for any
      purpose other than to facilitate a recall of or safety  alert  regarding
      that product.
        2.  Such  manufacturer  shall  retain for a period of no less than ten
      years  any  initial  consumer   contact   information   obtained.   This
      information shall not be sold, posted, transferred or used for any other
      purpose  other  than  to  communicate  information relating to a recall,
      warning or defect directly associated with the product.
        3. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to  compel  a  consumer  to
      complete and return such product safety owner's card.