S 8952 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to disclosures by sellers of digital goods

Summary
Prohibits a seller of a digital good from advertising or offering for sale a digital good to a purchaser with the terms "buy," "purchase," or any other term which a reasonable person would understand to confer an unrestricted ownership interest in the digital good, or alongside an option for a time-limited rental, unless the seller receives at the time of each transaction an affirmative acknowledgment from the purchaser, or the seller provides to the consumer before executing each transaction a clear and conspicuous statement.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 21, 2026 Last action Jan 21, 2026
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