Section 202. Definitions  


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  • As used in this article, the following terms shall
      have the following meanings:
        1.  "Collect"  shall  mean  to store information, including via cookie
      technology, for purposes of  retrieval  at  a  later  time  to  initiate
      communication  with  or  make determinations about the person who is the
      subject of such information.
        2. "Disclose" shall mean to reveal, release, transfer, disseminate  or
      otherwise communicate information orally, in writing or by electronic or
      other  means,  other  than  to  the  person  who  is the subject of such
      information.
        3. "Internet"  shall  mean  a  system  of  linked  computer  networks,
      international in scope, that facilitate data transmission and exchange.
        4. "Office" shall mean the state office for technology.
        5.  "Personal  information"  shall  mean  any information concerning a
      natural person which, because of name, number,  symbol,  mark  or  other
      identifier, can be used to identify that natural person.
        6.  "State agency" shall have the same meaning as the meaning given to
      "agency" under subdivision one  of  section  ninety-two  of  the  public
      officers law.
        7.  "State  agency website" shall mean an internet website operated by
      or for a state agency. Such term shall include those  websites  operated
      on  behalf  of  state  agencies by other public or private entities, but
      shall not include any portions of the internet outside  the  control  of
      the state agency.
        8.  "User"  shall  mean  any  natural  person who uses the internet to
      access a state agency website.