Section 671. Declaration of legislative findings and intent

The legislature
  finds  and declares that the viewing of rented video tapes and movies in
  the home is a popular and widespread leisure pastime. Innumerable retail
  establishments in this state commonly record, often  by  computer,  data
  containing  the  identities of consumers who have rented video tapes and
  movies and the titles  of  the  videos  rented.  The  large  amounts  of
  personally  identifiable  information  collected by such establishments,
  and the possibility of public dissemination of that information, pose  a
  serious threat to the personal privacy of New Yorkers and is therefore a
  matter of state concern.
    It  is  the  intent of the legislature by enactment of this article to
  protect the personal privacy of individuals and their families who  rent
  video  cassette  tapes  and  movies  and similar audio visual materials,
  without unreasonably restricting  the  ability  of  video  tape  service
  providers  to  collect and use information as is necessary to conducting
  their businesses.